ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,388, issued on July 1, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).

"Propulsion assembly for an aircraft, comprising a load bearer" was invented by Frederic Ridray (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion assembly is disclosed including a pylon, a turbomachine having an engine and a fan surrounded by a fan casing, a nacelle surrounding the engine and the fan casing, and including a load bearer positioned at the upper part of the nacelle, a forward fan mount between a frontal zone of the fan casing and a frontal zone of the load bearer, a rear pylon mount between the pylon and the load bearer, and...