US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Applicator tools, methods and systems for coating a bore" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,031, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Applicator tools, methods and systems for coating a bore" was invented by Jeffrey H. Olberg (Federal Way, Wash.), Sean D. Morden (Federal Way, Wash.) and Bradley G. Silva (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An applicator tool for coating a bore includes a tubular body and an inflatable bladder. The tubular body includes a proximal end and a distal end opposing the proximal end along a longitudinal axis. The tubular body also includes an expansion portion proximate the distal end and an internal volume in relation to the expansion portion. The inflatab...