US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 29 for "Methods and apparatus for multi-axis precision manipulation" (Washington, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,036, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and apparatus for multi-axis precision manipulation" was invented by Chester James Hill IV (Grafton, Ill.), Christopher Lee Pounds (Mukilteo, Wash.), Philip James Allen (Sammamish, Wash.) and Wesley Edward Perrault (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for multi-axis precision manipulation are disclosed. An example apparatus to manipulate a component includes a support, a first mount to be coupled to the component, the first mount operatively coupled to the support via a first ball and socket joint that can rotate rela...