ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,562, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Flexible corner fitting intended to contribute to a connection between at least three walls of at least one aircraft box structure" was invented by Arnaud Tonnele (Toulouse, France), Javier Maqueda Lahoz (Toulouse, France), Frederic Goupil (Toulouse, France), Vincent Fauchille (Toulouse, France) and Carole Beau (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible corner fitting configured to contribute to a connection between at least three walls of at least one aircraft box structure, and to make them leaktight with respect to liquids. The corn...