ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,524, issued on April 15, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Rib mounting assembly" was invented by Allan David McNaught (Bristol, Great Britain) and Robert McCormick (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rib mounting assembly for an aircraft is disclosed including a rib post and a seal member. The rib post has a rib post foot to mount with a longitudinal spar and a rib post web upstanding from the rib post foot. The seal member has a seal body and a mounting flange. The mounting flange is mounted with the rib post foot and the seal body extends from an end of the rib post."
The patent...