US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 17 for "Support structure for an aircraft" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,517, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Support structure for an aircraft" was invented by Victoria A. Clarke (Seattle), Olaf Weckner (Everett, Wash.), Jay D. Smith (Snohomish, Wash.), Cynthia T. Parrish (Edmonds, Wash.), Erik A. Phillips (Kirkland, Wash.), Christopher J. Deatrick (Everett, Wash.), Andy Anh Q Le (Bothell, Wash.) and Jeff E. Barnes (Shoreline, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support structure for an aircraft includes a structural member having a generally planar shape, a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction and a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axi...