US Patent Issued to Airbus Defence and Space on May 20 for "Vehicle body with cavity in the outer skin and a closing door arrangement" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,611, issued on May 20, was assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH (Taufkirchen, Germany).

"Vehicle body with cavity in the outer skin and a closing door arrangement" was invented by Sascha Wald (Taufkirchen, Germany), Michael Rappitsch (Taufkirchen, Germany), Sebastian Peters (Taufkirchen, Germany), Arne Bethge (Taufkirchen, Germany), Rainer Sellhorst (Taufkirchen, Germany) and Ian Aspindle (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body with a cavity therein. The cavity is optionally closed or opened by a door arrangement with one or more door leaves. The door leaves are connected to a wall of the cavity via m...