US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 19 for "Additively manufactured aerospace panels and methods" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,308, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Additively manufactured aerospace panels and methods" was invented by Richard W. Aston (Brea, Calif.), Rachel E. Zilz (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Nicole M. Jain (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), Emily C. Woods (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Trevor J. Wieber (San Jose, Calif.), Mara Pearson (Seattle) and Trent M. Aston (Steilacoom, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerospace panel includes a first skin, a second skin spaced apart from the first skin, and a first truss structure connecting the first skin to the second skin. The first truss structure includes a plurality of tru...