US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 7 for "Bladder vent plugs for composite manufacturing and related methods and systems" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,450, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Bladder vent plugs for composite manufacturing and related methods and systems" was invented by Keegan D. Bray (Federal Way, Wash.), Wesley E. Perrault (Snohomish, Wash.), Shuonan Dong (Seattle), Daniel J. McMillan (Edmonds, Wash.), Asher S. Einhorn (Seattle), Samuel B. Williams (Mount Vernon, Wash.), Zena L. Moran (Everett, Wash.) and Jonathan A. Santiago (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bladder vent plugs comprise a body, a manifold block, and a diaphragm extending fully around a peripheral channel of the manifold block. The diaphragm is configured to ex...