US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS on July 22 for "Emulator" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,486, issued on July 22, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Emulator" was invented by Steven Paul Smith (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emulator configured to emulate an automated aircraft assembly jig supporting an aircraft assembly is disclosed. The emulator connectable to an automated equipment module and configured to: send a first signal to an automated equipment module, wherein the first signal is representative of a communication to the automated equipment module; and receive a second signal from the automated equipment module representative of a communication from the au...