US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 15 for "Curing tool assemblies, methods and systems for composite manufacturing" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,769, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Curing tool assemblies, methods and systems for composite manufacturing" was invented by Manning J. Scarfe (Ascot Vale, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curing tool assembly includes a curing tool and a compaction pressure chamber. The curing tool includes a tool surface to receive a dry fabric layup. The compaction pressure chamber overlays the dry fabric layup. The compaction pressure chamber receives a pressurized fluid from a compressed fluid source during resin infusion of the dry fabric layup. The pressurized fluid received at a compaction pre...