ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,328, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).
"Machine and process to design, validate, and/or test a fluid system" was invented by Alex W. Chao (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Thanh P. Duong (Anaheim, Calif.), Nathaniel Keyek-Franssen (Orlando, Fla.), Roland E. Mah (Monterey Park, Calif.), Kevin A. Nemeth (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Albert Portillo (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine and process for visualizing and interacting with a virtual model for a propulsion and/or fluid system. The machine includes a modular construction that includes a display server that comprises a socket in communica...