ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,756, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Aircraft joint with a curable composite bushing" was invented by Florian Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany) and Dustin Shapi (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft structural joint with a first structural component provided with an attachment hole that is configured to receive an corresponding attachment fastener provided by a second structural component; a curable composite bush compressed and cured between an outer diameter of the attachment fastener and the attachment hole when the first component is mounted to the second component, wh...