US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 27 for "Flat composite panel with tear arrestment and method of making the same" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,615, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Flat composite panel with tear arrestment and method of making the same" was invented by Richard A. Skilton (Bothell, Wash.), Stephen T. Dougherty (Auburn, Wash.) and Daniel Paul Hope Marx (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure deck for an aircraft comprises a flat composite laminate base panel having integrated tear straps to enhance damage arrestment. The tear straps include a plurality of multi-ply, spaced apart longitudinal and lateral tear straps interspersed with the plies of the base panel."

The patent was filed on Jan. 6, 2022, under Application No...