Boeing was granted a patent for fabricating double-contoured shims.

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  "company": {
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    "summary": "Boeing was granted a patent for fabricating double-contoured shims.",
    "event_at": "2026-10-27",
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    "patent_title": "Systems and methods for fabricating double-contoured shims",
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    "uspto_assignee": "The Boeing Company",
    "patent_abstract": "A system for fabricating a double-contoured shim includes a model generator and a manufacturing system. The model generator generates a shim model to fill a gap between a first mating-surface and a second mating-surface. The model generator generates a virtual plane that divides the shim model into a first shim model and a second shim model. A first shim is fabricated based on the first shim model. The first shim includes a first contoured shim-surface that is complementary to a first mating-surface area of the first mating-surface and a first planar shim-surface that is opposite the first contoured shim-surface. A second shim is fabricated based on the second shim model. The second shim includes a second contoured shim-surface that is complementary to a second mating-surface area of the second mating-surface and a second planar shim-surface that is opposite the second contoured shim-surface.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
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      "computer-aided manufacturing",
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      "precision shims",
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