ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,231, issued on March 18, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Aircraft cabin section and aircraft having an aircraft cabin section" was invented by Alexander Weng (Hamburg, Germany), Hauke Kirstein (Hamburg, Germany), Sven Teichmann (Hamburg, Germany), Viktor Gribele (Hamburg, Germany) and Marc-Julien Ettori (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft cabin section with an aircraft door, a cabin floor, and at least one lining mounted to the aircraft door. The aircraft cabin section further comprises at least one seal that is mounted to the at least one lining and seals a space between the at l...