US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 7 for "Curing composites out-of-autoclave using induction heating with smart susceptors" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,696, issued on April 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Curing composites out-of-autoclave using induction heating with smart susceptors" was invented by Marc R. Matsen (Seattle) and John F. Spalding (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and an induction curing system for curing a composite panel. The induction curing system comprises; a rigid curing tool configured to hold a composite material; a vacuum bagging material sealed to the rigid curing tool; and a dimensional control structure having a lattice and an open casing formed of a rigid material, the lattice positioned within a concavity of the ...