ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,221, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Support box apparatus" was invented by Joe Files (Seattle), Adam A. Logue (Seattle), Robert B. Fowler (Seattle), Steven E. Rhynard (Seattle) and Jeffrey A. Cartwright (Arlington, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support box apparatus includes longitudinal members that span forward to aft and transverse members that span inboard to outboard between the longitudinal members. The longitudinal members and the transverse members are formed of composite honeycomb sandwich panels. The support box apparatus also includes attachment components configured to couple...