ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,756, issued on April 21, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Hot box exchange capability and method thereof" was invented by Donald Lloyd Conaway (Gig Harbor, Wash.), Larry Dean Hefti (Auburn, Wash.), Craig Eric Knowles (Wishaw, Great Britain), John Vincenzo Storr (Stepps, Great Britain), Alexander Sancho Garcia (Glasgow, Great Britain), Marco Bucconi (Paisley, Great Britain), David James Falconer Fyvie (Clarkston, Great Britain), Innes Ewan Edward Edridge (Scotstoun, Great Britain), Diego Gonzalez (Renfrewshire, Great Britain) and Steven Pacifico (Coatbridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removabl...