US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 9 for "System and method for generating a panel infill geometry of a sandwich panel" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,007, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for generating a panel infill geometry of a sandwich panel" was invented by Michael C. Elford (Springfield, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of generating a panel infill geometry of a sandwich panel, includes providing a driver mesh representing a panel mid-surface of a sandwich panel. The driver mesh is comprised of a plurality of quadrilateral elements. The method further includes providing a reference unit cell mesh configured to fit exactly within a cube. The reference unit cell mesh is comprised of a unit infill mesh int...