ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,072, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).
"Aircraft structure" was invented by Sven Rosebrock (Hamburg, Germany), Bernward Mons (Hamburg, Germany), Henning Everth (Hamburg, Germany), Jorg Schwickert (Hamburg, Germany) and Patrick Lieven (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft structure which extends along a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis and a vertical axis, wherein the aircraft structure includes an upper shell and a lower shell that together surround an interior compartment designed for accommodating an aircraft cabin,...