US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on July 21 for "Composite fuselage barrel with improved EME protection and method of making thereof" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,485, issued on July 21, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Composite fuselage barrel with improved EME protection and method of making thereof" was invented by Glory Christine Edwards (Edmonds, Wash.) and Arne K. Lewis (Auburn, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite fuselage section, including an outer skin comprising one or more composite materials, an internal framework to support the outer skin, and one or more mechanical fasteners disposed through the outer skin, wherein the internal framework is joined to the outer skin using the one or more mechanical fasteners, and wherein the outer skin includes a...