US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 15 for "Method and apparatus for bonding stringers to a fuselage skin" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,764, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Method and apparatus for bonding stringers to a fuselage skin" was invented by Byron J. Autry (Charleston, S.C.), Paul G. Werntges (Charleston, S.C.), Samuel J. Knutson (Charleston, S.C.), Gregory Hickman (Charleston, S.C.) and Alice R. Arnold (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining system includes a holding fixture assembly configured to hold a fuselage skin. The stringers are temporarily attached to the fuselage skin. The joining system includes an upper beam assembly including an upper beam and a lower beam assembly. The lower beam assem...