US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 9 for "Composite compaction system supported by a number of morphable bag supports" (Florida, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,617, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Composite compaction system supported by a number of morphable bag supports" was invented by Luis Velasquez (Charleston, S.C.) and Cristina Velasquez (Daytona Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite compaction system and method of use are presented. A method of supporting a composite compaction system is presented. A number of morphable bag supports of the composite compaction system is held in a retracted state. A contact face of a vacuum bag of the composite compaction system is placed in contact with a composite material on a support structure. The nu...