ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,176, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Reversable attachment system" was invented by Peter D. Brewer (Westlake Village, Calif.), Yan Tang (Oak Park, Calif.), Chia-Ming Chang (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Sevag Terterian (Lake Balboa, Calif.), Charbel Abijaoude (Newbury Park, Calif.) and John J. Vajo (West Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversable attachment system includes an adhesion layer, an inter-substrate bond structure, a mating layer and an extension actuator. The adhesion layer is configured to attach to a first substrate. The inter-substrate bond structure is coupled to the adhe...