US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 8 for "Applicator head for coating application and associated system and method" (Washington, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,439, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Applicator head for coating application and associated system and method" was invented by Jonathan Y. Ahn (Seattle), Alexander Strait (Seattle), Christopher Brown (Seattle), Ricardo Fritzke (Sammamish, Wash.) and Michael Rumsey (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an applicator head and associated system and method for applying a coating to an object. The applicator head includes an elongated body with an external surface and an internal cavity. A coating inlet is formed in an upper portion of the elongated body and fluidically cou...