ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,977, issued on June 24, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Aircraft pylon fairing, fairing assembly, aircraft pylon and aircraft" was invented by Paolo Messina (Toulouse, France), Thomas Robiglio (Toulouse, France) and Thomas Firmignac (Labege, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft pylon comprising an aircraft pylon fairing extending along a longitudinal axis, a primary structure having a peg that is inserted in a through opening of an inner rib of the fairing and four yokes as well as four removable fixing elements that can be inserted from the outside of the fairing. The fixing elements are inser...