The Boeing Company

Caitlin Elizabeth Auffinger

Conor James Van Camp

Edward R Greene

Raj A Desai

Sean Auffinger

Kevin D Gordon

Katherine L Frank

Thomas G Lawton

Chunxing She

Terrell D Riley

Daniel Edward Gonsor

Systems and methods for a flexible container for transport and storage of a working material are described herein. The material can be a viscous or liquid material when dispensed. The flexible container can be configured to move between a first shape and a second shape. The first shape can allow for efficient transport of the flexible container while the second shape can allow for the flexible container to couple to a dispenser. In certain examples, the flexible container can be cooled for transport and heated for dispensing.

Flexible packaging for temperature sensitive materials

A method of micro-texturing a surface is disclosed. The method includes printing an etchant onto a substrate surface and forming a micro-texture on the substrate surface by removing material from the substrate surface.

Method of surface micro-texturing with a subtractive agent

A method of micro-texturing a substrate surface is disclosed, including printing a maskant on the substrate surface to define exposed surface zones on the substrate surface. The method further includes forming a micro-texture on the substrate surface by removing material from the exposed surface zones, and removing the maskant from the substrate surface.

Systems and methods for a container for decreasing the thawing time for a liquid, gel or other fluid material is described herein. The systems can include a container with a body. The body can include a cavity with a dispensing nozzle and a plunger disposed within the cavity. The body can further include one or more channels separate from the cavity. The channel(s) increases the rate of heat transfer associated with the container and, thus, increases the cooling or heating rate of the material within the container.

Packaging to facilitate heat transfer for materials

A method includes receiving information specifying a color gamut. The color gamut corresponds to a range of colors producible by an output device. The method further includes receiving a first indication of a first color associated with a first point in a geometrical representation of the color gamut in a three-dimensional (3D) color space. The method further includes generating, based on the first color, a second indication of a second color that is included in the color gamut. The second color is associated with a second point in the 3D color space. The second point is identified based on a particular value of data associated with a plurality of distances between the first point and a subset of points of the geometrical representation. The subset of points includes more than one and fewer than all points of the geometrical representation.

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Ladson, SC, United States of America

Caitlin Elizabeth Auffinger