US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on April 8 for "Enhanced support for the maintenance of an aircraft radome" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,615, issued on April 8, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Enhanced support for the maintenance of an aircraft radome" was invented by Jacques Fournie (Toulouse, France), Julien Poteau (Toulouse, France) and Noel Pernalon (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support for the maintenance of an aircraft radome comprising an annular element having a flat surface and from which extend at least three feet. The support comprising a plurality of articulated holding elements, for example articulated fittings, applying a lock function and each comprising a bearing surface on a surface portion of an aircraf...