US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 4 for "Metallic structures with additively manufactured metallic articles and methods for fabrication" (Washington, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,604, issued on March 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Metallic structures with additively manufactured metallic articles and methods for fabrication" was invented by Daniel G. Sanders (Cle Elum, Wash.), Justin L'Hote (St. Peters, Mo.), Eric D. Bol (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and Cory C. Cunningham (Auburn, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metallic structure includes a metallic sheet, including a metallic-sheet first surface and a metallic-sheet second surface. The metallic structure includes a metallic doubler, extending from the metallic-sheet first surface, and a first junction between the metallic-sheet first s...