US Patent Issued to Rohr on Aug. 11 for "Tooling element and methods for forming and using same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,124, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Tooling element and methods for forming and using same" was invented by Bryan Thai (Poway, Calif.) and Joseph R. Lemanski (Chula Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tooling element includes a flexible sleeve defining an interior cavity. The flexible sleeve includes a sealable access port extending through the flexible sleeve from the interior cavity to an exterior of the flexible sleeve. The tooling element further includes vacuum-packed tooling particulate disposed within and filling the interior cavity of the flexible sleeve."

The patent was filed...