US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 27 for "Methods, devices, and systems for forming a composite structure using an expandable pallet" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,618, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods, devices, and systems for forming a composite structure using an expandable pallet" was invented by Richard A. Prause (Arlington, Va.), Andrew E. Modin (Andrew, Va.), Allen Halbritter (Arlington, Va.), Richard E. Heath (Arlington, Va.), Ivan G. Ramirez (Arlington, Va.) and John R. Nibe (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method of forming a composite structure includes applying a laminated charge onto an expandable pallet, moving the expandable pallet in a linear motion relative to a plurality of rollers, and progressively urging th...