ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,145, issued on July 29, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Duct stringer assembly with bulkhead" was invented by Anthony Bryant (Bristol, Great Britain) and Peter Muscat (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A duct stringer assembly with a bulkhead. The duct stringer assembly has duct walls providing a duct with a closed cross-section. The duct is adapted to transport fluid. A bulkhead is in the duct, and the bulkhead is adapted to block the flow of fluid along the duct. The bulkhead has a bulkhead body, and a gasket sealing a gap between the bulkhead body and the duct walls."
The pate...