US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 13 for "Systems and methods for supporting a workpiece in a manufacturing environment" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,437, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for supporting a workpiece in a manufacturing environment" was invented by Matthew B. Moore (Edmonds, Wash.) and Patrick B. Stone (Monroe, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a support beam elongated along a longitudinal axis. The support beam includes a first end portion longitudinally opposed from a second end portion, a first beam-side indexing feature proximate the first end portion, and a second beam-side indexing feature proximate the second end portion. The system further includes a first frame assembly having a firs...