US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 23 for "Methods for manufacturing resin-infused parts having integral protective coatings" (South Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,880, issued on June 23, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods for manufacturing resin-infused parts having integral protective coatings" was invented by Kjersta Larson-Smith (Seattle), Terrell D. Riley (Summerville, S.C.), Christopher Garnier (North Charleston, S.C.), Alexandra E. Corona (Summerville, S.C.), Jessica O. Fry (Charleston, S.C.), Kevin D. Gordon (Summerville, S.C.) and Mark R. Brei (Ladson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a resin-infused part, may include: preparing a laminate by layering a curable protective film onto a fibrous preform; infusing resin into the laminate u...