US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 20 for "Device, system and method for tacking layers of material" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,257, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Device, system and method for tacking layers of material" was invented by Nayeem Chowdhury (Melbourne, Australia), Pei Li Ong (Melbourne, Australia) and Shaun McFetridge (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tacking device for tacking together two overlapped or abutted layers of material includes a body portion having a first body portion end, one or more micro-heaters attached to the body portion at the first body portion end, and a switch in electrical communication with the one or more micro-heaters and configured to permit or prevent a flow...