US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Nov. 4 for "Manufacturing method for manufacturing a profile rail, profile rail obtainable thereby, mounting system and vehicle equipped therewith and use of the profile rail" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,652, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Manufacturing method for manufacturing a profile rail, profile rail obtainable thereby, mounting system and vehicle equipped therewith and use of the profile rail" was invented by Frank Neuhaus (Hamburg, Germany) and Stefan Tacke (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a profile rail including a base made of a first material and a top portion to be exposed during use of the profile rail in the floor of a vehicle including a second material that is harder and/or less corrosive as the first material. The method includes...