US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Aug. 26 for "Aircraft air intake comprising an outer wall and front and rear frames linked by at least one joining element distinct from the outer wall" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,923, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Aircraft air intake comprising an outer wall and front and rear frames linked by at least one joining element distinct from the outer wall" was invented by Emeric Chancerelle (Toulouse, France), Franck Dobigeon (Toulouse, France), Brice Saudel (Toulouse, France) and Gregoire Smith (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft air intake comprising a lip, an internal panel which comprises a front edge linked to the lip, a front frame which comprises an outer edge and an inner edge linked to the lip and/or to the internal panel, a rear fra...