ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,245, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain) and Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).
"Tow-bar fitting" was invented by James Sauven (Bristol, Great Britain) and Laurent Tizac (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tow-bar fitting for connecting a tow-bar to an aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a tow-bar attachment to which, in use, the tow-bar is coupled. The tow-bar fitting also includes a first fuse member via which linear loads but not torque loads are transmitted from the tow-bar attachment to the rest of the landing gear. The first fuse member is config...