US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 20 for "Apparatus, system and method for applying composite layups" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,159, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatus, system and method for applying composite layups" was invented by Nayeem Chowdhury (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a support platform and a plurality of passive actuators coupled to the support platform. Each one of the plurality of passive actuators includes a shaft. The shaft includes a first shaft end and a second shaft end, opposite the first shaft end. Each one of the plurality of passive actuators includes a gripper coupled to the second shaft end. The shaft is freely movable relative to the support plat...