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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Jonathan Y. Ahn, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Strait, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Ricardo Fritzke, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael Rumsey, Arlington, VA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
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 coupled with the internal cavity to enable a coating material to flow into the internal cavity from the coating inlet. A plurality of outlet ports are positioned along a lower portion of the elongated body and fluidically coupled with the internal cavity to enable the coating material to be dispensed from the internal cavity. A plurality of external ribs are disposed along the external surface of the elongated body and extend at a rib height from the external surface, at least one outlet port of the plurality of outlet ports is positioned between adjacent ones of the external ribs.