US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Dec. 30 for "Aircraft pylon equipped with a guidance system for mounting or dismounting a tank and method of mounting/dismounting said tank" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,454, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Aircraft pylon equipped with a guidance system for mounting or dismounting a tank and method of mounting/dismounting said tank" was invented by Jean Geliot (Toulouse, France) and Adeline Soulie (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft pylon comprising a box-section primary structure and at least one tank positioned inside the primary structure. To facilitate mounting or demounting the tank, the pylon is equipped with a guide system configured to move the tank from its mounted position toward a through-hole, including a guide rail fa...