US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on May 13 for "Apparatuses configured to allow real-time adjustments of locking dimensions" (Washington, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,952, issued on May 13, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatuses configured to allow real-time adjustments of locking dimensions" was invented by James J. Troy (Issaquah, Wash.) and Daniel M. Simunovic (Titusville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include: a support base; and two or more roller wheels, each adjustable in orientation, position, or orientation and position, mounted on the support base and configured to engage with an object in a passive locking configuration. The apparatus may be further configured to disengage from the object in the passive locking configuration. The apparat...