US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations, Airbus Operations on Dec. 30 for "Assembly of components to bodies" (British, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,681, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Filton Bristol, Great Britain) and Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Assembly of components to bodies" was invented by Pierre Zahlen (Hamburg, Germany), Guilherme Barsali (Bristol, Great Britain) and Dominique Chasteau (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assembling a component to an aircraft body portion comprises using a funnel device to guide a portion of the component relative to the body portion for movement into a desired position for assembly. Also a funnel device which is configured to be supported by a body portion in a p...