US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 24 for "Freeplay measurement tool and associated system and method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,258, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Freeplay measurement tool and associated system and method" was invented by Anthony Klaib (Corona, Calif.) and Arpad E. Balogh Jr. (Lakewood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A freeplay measurement tool is disclosed. The freeplay measurement tool comprises a first measuring device configured to be removably coupled to a first structure and a second measuring device configured to be removably coupled to a second structure. The first structure and the second structure are connected via a joint. The freeplay measurement tool also comprises at least one load c...