US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 25 for "Scrolls that vacuum secure objects to complex surfaces" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,181, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Scrolls that vacuum secure objects to complex surfaces" was invented by Eric Carlton Anderson (North Charleston, S.C.), Allen James Halbritter (Summerville, S.C.), Daniel Johnson (Charleston, S.C.), Adam Lee (Moncks Corner, S.C.) and Luis Velasquez (Ladson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include apparatus for compacting an object onto a rigid tool by applying a negative pressure while the scroll of material overlays the object. The apparatus comprises one or more spindles and a scroll of material that is stored on the one or more spindles. The ...