US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 14 for "Forming joints between composite components" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,095, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Forming joints between composite components" was invented by Marcos Pantoja (St. Louis), Ying Shi (St. Louis), Alexander M. Rubin (St. Louis) and Phillip John Crothers (Hampton East, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite joints and methods of forming composite joints are presented. A composite joint comprising: a first composite component formed of one of a thermoset material or a first thermoplastic material; a second composite component formed of a thermoset material or a third thermoplastic material; a thermoplastic joining film formed of a se...