US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 11 for "Forming systems and methods for forming an elongate charge of composite material" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,159, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Forming systems and methods for forming an elongate charge of composite material" was invented by John Dempsey Morris (Seattle) and Derek John Flolid (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forming systems and methods for forming an elongate charge of composite material are disclosed herein. The forming systems include an elongate forming tool having an elongate forming surface with a forming surface shape. The forming systems also include an elongate end effector, which is configured to tension the elongate charge of composite material across the elonga...