US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on April 29 for "Rail mounting arrangement for a vehicle, such as an aircraft, and a vehicle equipped with said arrangement" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,232, issued on April 29, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Rail mounting arrangement for a vehicle, such as an aircraft, and a vehicle equipped with said arrangement" was invented by Hermann Benthien (Sottrum, Germany) and Andreas Poppe (ReeBum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting member configured to support a cabin component to be mounted to a mounting rail. The rail mounting arrangement comprises a disengagement locking mechanism that prevents a removal of the mounting member along a transversal direction of the mounting rail, while still allowing movement along the longitudinal direction. Th...