US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 27 for "Aerodynamic structures and methods of forming aerodynamic structures" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,079, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Aerodynamic structures and methods of forming aerodynamic structures" was invented by Fedor Kleshchev (Seattle) and Daniel Carrasco (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aerodynamic structures and methods of forming aerodynamic structures are disclosed herein. The aerodynamic structures include a first skin region that includes a first skin edge and a second skin region that includes a second skin edge. The first skin region and the second skin region are angled relative to one another and define a gap between the first skin edge and the second skin edge. The ...