US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus and method for passivating a flammable powder" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,584, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatus and method for passivating a flammable powder" was invented by Dalton W. Hamburg (Bothell, Wash.) and Eric M. Chapman (Bonney Lake, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flammable passivation apparatus includes a powder waste collection bin having a chamber in which a flammable powder can be filled. The apparatus also includes a fluid dispersion structure located in the chamber of the powder waste collection bin. The fluid dispersion structure is provided for enabling a passivation fluid to be dispersed throughout the chamber to passivate flammable p...