US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 2 for "Housing assembly for selectively receiving a part and a method of removing particles from a frictional surface of a pad" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,582, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Housing assembly for selectively receiving a part and a method of removing particles from a frictional surface of a pad" was invented by Ryan Walter Throckmorton (Seattle) and Matthew Earl Fife (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing assembly for selectively receiving a part includes a platform and a pad fixed to the platform. The pad has a frictional surface for maintaining a position of the part relative to the pad when the part is disposed on the frictional surface. The housing assembly includes a door apparatus coupled to the platform. The ...