ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,632, issued on July 22, was assigned to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).

"Assembly having a structure and a reservoir fastened to the structure and containing an extinguishing fluid" was invented by Jean Geliot (Toulouse, France), Adeline Soulie (Toulouse, France), Frederic Goupil (Toulouse, France) and Solene Cruaud Prieur (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly having a chassis, two supports with a plate and a guide, a nesting system with a bore, a reservoir containing an extinguishing fluid and with two fastening tabs, two bearing tabs and a peg, and a fastener. The reservoir is able to move in t...