US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Jan. 13 for "Front engine attachment system intended for an aircraft engine and having a compact structure" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,366, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Front engine attachment system intended for an aircraft engine and having a compact structure" was invented by Michael Berjot (Toulouse, France), Remi Lansiaux (Toulouse, France) and Jean-Baptiste Vignes (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front engine attachment system for an engine having an engine pylon with a nose having a male clevis and a cylindrical stud, two links that are fastened to the engine by a second ball-joint connection about a second axis, a first shaft establishing a first ball-joint connection of the links to the male...