US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 16 for "System and method for seal validation in a composite part manufacturing process" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,408, issued on June 16, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (929 Long Bridge Drive, Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for seal validation in a composite part manufacturing process" was invented by James R. Kendall (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), Kieran J. Tay (North Charleston, S.C.), Santiago M. Mejia (Charleston, S.C.) and Samantha Eberhardt (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for validating seal integrity includes a part forming tool having a supporting surface against which a composite part is formed and a surrounding surface. A caul sheet overlays the part. A vacuum bag is coupled to a perimeter of the caul sheet and di...