US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Induction welding of composite structures" (Missouri, South Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,181, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Induction welding of composite structures" was invented by Emma Louise Morrissey (Saint Louis, Mo.), Ying Shi (Saint Louis, Mo.), Francis J. Samalot (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Gregory J. Hickman (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite structure and methods of forming composite structures are provided. A composite structure comprises a first composite part; a second composite part welded to the first composite part at a joint; and the joint between the first composite part and the second composite part comprising doped fibers."

The patent ...