US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 12 for "Composite backing layer peel starter" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,449, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Composite backing layer peel starter" was invented by Travis Adams (Villa Ridge, Mo.) and Adam David Martinez (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite backing layer peel starter and methods of use are presented. A method of beginning removal of a backing layer from a composite material is presented. An impact force is applied to a corner of the backing layer with a polymeric material contact surface of a striker to adhere the polymeric material to the backing layer. The striker is pulled away from the backing layer to apply a lifting force to the bac...