US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 23 for "Blade stringer forming methods and tooling" (South Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,855, issued on June 23, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Blade stringer forming methods and tooling" was invented by William L. Serencsits (Hollywood, S.C.), Jessica Offutt Fry (Charleston, S.C.) and Justin Albright (La Mirada, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forming and curing tools and method of forming a blade stringer. A first cut and kitted material and a second cut and kitted material are clamped between a first die and a second die. The first cut and kitted material and the second cut and kitted material are formed against the first die and the second die while the first cut and kitted material and the s...