ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,457, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Load introduction system and a method for manufacturing a load introduction system" was invented by Oliver Seack (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load introduction system is disclosed including an aerodynamic structure component having an upper skin section and a lower skin section, an attachment unit and a load introduction unit configured to couple the attachment unit to the aerodynamic structure component. The load introduction unit includes a longitudinal connection element with its first end positioned at the upper skin section....