US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) on Sept. 9 for "Tool for laying a sealing strip around a protruding part of a connecting element, method for laying a sealing strip using said tool, and aircraft comprising at least one sealing strip obtained using said laying method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,582, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).

"Tool for laying a sealing strip around a protruding part of a connecting element, method for laying a sealing strip using said tool, and aircraft comprising at least one sealing strip obtained using said laying method" was invented by Gerard Millet (Toulouse, France), Vincent Delpy (Toulouse, France) and Simon Foucart-Gaudy (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for laying a sealing strip around a protruding part of a connecting element protruding from a bearing surface, the laying tool including an annular duct having an outer s...