ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,415, issued on June 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Aircraft with belly-landing protection" was invented by Markus Kerber (Hamburg, Germany) and Marc Wesseloh (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A honeycomb structure including a first external side, a second external side, and an anti-friction agent buffer for receiving an anti-friction agent. An opening to an anti-friction agent inlet and an opening to an air outlet are present on the first external side. This honeycomb structure may be useful in an aircraft as part of a belly-landing system for the aircraft."
The patent was filed on June ...