US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 29 for "Support pin assembly, support system, and method for the same" (Missouri, Alabama, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,030, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Support pin assembly, support system, and method for the same" was invented by Brent A. Beach (Chesterfield, Mo.), Colleen A. Oberlee (Saint Charles, Mo.), Timothy L. Smith (Brighton, Ill.) and David M. Petka (Madison, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a support pin assembly for full size determinant assembly of an aircraft structure. The support pin assembly includes a clevis having a clevis body with a first clevis lug and a second clevis lug, the clevis configured for mounting to an assembly jig. The support pin assembly further include...