US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on April 7 for "Forming stylus tool design and toolpath generation module for 3 axis computer numerical control manufacturing processes" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,345, issued on April 7, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago).

"Forming stylus tool design and toolpath generation module for 3 axis computer numerical control manufacturing processes" was invented by Michael Charles Elford (Brisbane, Australia) and Andrew Jon Eugene Stephan (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of toolpath generation is provided whereby the tool may be any smooth convex axisymmetric shape. The tool includes a tool body extending between a shank and a head. The shank is configured to be mounted in a collet which may optionally rotate. In the case of a stylus tool, the head has an axisymm...