US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on May 13 for "Method for manufacturing an aerodynamic aircraft structure and aerodynamic aircraft structure thus obtained" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,956, issued on May 13, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Method for manufacturing an aerodynamic aircraft structure and aerodynamic aircraft structure thus obtained" was invented by Brice Albert (Toulouse, France), Benjamin Trarieux (Toulouse, France), Harleen Kaur (Toulouse, France) and Stephane Daure (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing an aerodynamic structure including a first panel having an aerodynamic face, as well as a second reinforced panel. The method includes a step of stamping the second panel to obtain at least one raised shape which is recessed on the seco...