US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 11 for "Process and machine for rotating and fixing a structure" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,541, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Process and machine for rotating and fixing a structure" was invented by Mark Steven Good (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are shown for a machine and process to rotate and fix a second structure relative to a first structure via a hinge that may include a central axis, a lock-plate, and a moveable, a stationary, and a driving, member. The process may include: attaching a hinge to the first structure; moving a pin, extending parallel to the central axis through the stationary and driving members, out of a first notch of the movable member tow...