US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Retaining fixtures and systems for making wire harnesses" (Washington, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,951, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Retaining fixtures and systems for making wire harnesses" was invented by Darcy Michelle Hume (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Ty Aaby Larsen (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining fixture for attachment to a wire-harness board comprises a base, a first arm, a second arm, a first gripping member, and a second gripping member. The first arm extends from the base. The second arm extends from the base. The first gripping member is coupled to the first arm and comprises a first-gripping-member surface that is convex toward the second arm. The second ...