US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 25 for "Debris collection assembly" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,057, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Debris collection assembly" was invented by Jeffrey Michael Hansen (Moses Lake, Wash.), Brenda Brigette Nolan (Moses Lake, Wash.) and Dallas Owen Thornton (Moses Lake, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris collection assembly includes a jig and an adapter insert. The jig includes a front wall and a back wall opposite the front wall. The front wall defines an aperture therethrough. The back wall defines an adapter opening that aligns with the aperture. The jig includes a vacuum port and defines an interior cavity that fluidly connects the aperture, the a...