ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,545, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Continuous-line manufacturing system and method for composite parts" was invented by Jace J. Jerome (Renton, Wash.), Richard A. Miller (Seattle), Michael K. Louie (Renton, Wash.), Jordan S. Erickson (Federal Way, Wash.) and Austin T. McAnelly (Tacoma, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for depositing composite material onto a tool using an automated machine. The method includes coupling a first mobile platform with a second mobile platform to form a coupled system, the first mobile platform supporting the automated machine and the second mobile platfo...