ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,760, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Methods and systems for modeling apertures for additive manufacturing" was invented by Perry T. Horst (Tacoma, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, systems and methods for modeling apertures for additive manufacturing is disclosed. In an example, a computing device includes a processor configured to carry out operations. The operations include generating a computational model of a three-dimensional structure. The three-dimensional structure includes a first group of slats including a first plurality of slats substantially parallel to each other along ...