US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 21 for "Systems and methods for forming composite workpieces" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,908, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for forming composite workpieces" was invented by Phillip J. Crothers (Hampton East, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for forming a composite workpiece includes a housing, a forming tool disposed in the housing, and an actuator disposed in the housing. The system includes a shaping assembly including a lower diaphragm and an upper diaphragm. The system includes a negative pressure source in fluid communication with the housing. The workpiece is disposed between the lower diaphragm and the upper diaphragm of the shaping ass...