US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Multifunctional pressure pads for induction welding" (Dutch, American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,182, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Multifunctional pressure pads for induction welding" was invented by Francis J. Samalot (St. Louis), Pedro P. Martin (Madrid) and Yannick Buser (Overijssel, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression load distributor includes a support layer and a heat spreading layer. The support layer includes a flexible carrier configured to distribute a load from a compression load applying device. The heat spreading layer is coupled to and carried on the support layer, the heat spreading layer comprising a heat sink configured to transfer heat throughout the ...