ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,606, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AECC SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Shanghai) and AECC COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Installation tool for a fixing pin and an installation method" was invented by Yiting Hu (Shanghai), Jiahai Ren (Shanghai), Lingqin Kou (Shanghai) and Yuqian Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An installation tool and installation method for fixing pins. In the mounting tool a cavity is provided in a tube body for accommodating a plurality of fixing pins. A first sliding groove and a second sliding groove are provided opposite each other and connected t...