US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 15 for "Composite pressure hull and methods of forming" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,768, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Composite pressure hull and methods of forming" was invented by James Goldberg (Mukilteo, Wash.), Brice Aaron Johnson (Toledo, Wash.), Mark Alan Negley (Clyde Hill, Wash.), Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber (Snohomish, Wash.), Jaffar Sher Iqbal (Seattle) and Lisa C. Zgherea (Auburn, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite pressure hull and methods of forming the composite pressure hull are presented. A unitary first half of the composite pressure hull is laid up. A unitary second half of the composite pressure hull is laid up. The unitary first half is...