US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 2 for "Electrostatic vertical ply storage" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,251, issued on June 2, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Electrostatic vertical ply storage" was invented by Christopher Robert McDermott (Williams Landing, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and system for storing a carbon fiber ply. The carbon fiber ply is moved to an electrostatic storage panel. The carbon fiber ply is attached to the electrostatic storage panel using an electrostatic charge generated by the electrostatic storage panel."

The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2022, under Application No. 18/054,050.

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