US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on June 16 for "Customizable vacuum test systems and methods" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,207, issued on June 16, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Customizable vacuum test systems and methods" was invented by Eric David Wetzel (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for customizable vacuum testing chambers. Outer shell segments are assembled to conform to and form a sealed enclosure about a test article having air therein. An interstitial region is defined between the test article and the shell segments. A porous support layer is located within the interstitial region. A vacuum pump evacuates air from within the interstitial region to vacuum test the article. Sensors d...