US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 28 for "Transonic aircraft with tension-based wing support" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,344, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Transonic aircraft with tension-based wing support" was invented by Paul W. Dees (Snohomish, Wash.), William M. Sampedro-Thompson (Mill Creek, Wash.), Bret Alan Bowers (Langley, Wash.), Robert E. Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Neal A. Harrison (Snohomish, Wash.), Alan C. Simonini (Seattle) and Theodore K. Rothaupt (Lancaster, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and articles of manufacture are disclosed of an aircraft comprising: a brace to support a wing of the aircraft, the brace including a first end coupled to the wing and a second end coupl...