ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,296, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Aircraft modal suppression system" was invented by Paul C. Strefling (Seattle), John M. Nappi Jr. (Seattle), Jared D. Weaver (Seattle), Sascha K. Ruegamer (Seattle), William J. Wheeler (Redmond, Wash.), Tyler B. Wilhelm (Everett, Wash.), Thomas D. Potter (Seattle), Abraham J. Pachikara (Seattle), Michael A. Long (Snohomish, Wash.), Matthew E. Gajda (Snohomish, Wash.), Christopher A. Jensen (Bothell, Wash.), Brad E. Xanthopoulos (Seattle), Bryan A. Lopez (Seattle), Brian L. Beechinor (Seattle), Kimberly A. Hinson (Seattle) and Alexander C. Ho (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Paten...