US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 19 for "Multi-part hinge line location tool" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,303, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Multi-part hinge line location tool" was invented by Chester James Hill IV (Grafton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods provide for a tool to support components on a common hinge line axis. The tool includes a first pin and a second pin coupled in coaxial alignment with each other, defining the common hinge line axis. A first shouldered hinge pin is slidably disposed on the first pin and a second shouldered hinge pin is slidably disposed on the second pin. The first and second shouldered hinge pins allow translation along the co...