ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,075, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft pipework assembly" was invented by Anthony Bryant (Bristol, Great Britain) and Callum Johnson (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft pipework assembly is disclosed including an aircraft structure; pipework; a fixture arrangement between the pipework and the aircraft structure; a tie rod connecting the pipework to the aircraft structure; a first tie rod bearing which connects the tie rod to the pipework; and a second tie rod bearing which connects the tie rod to the aircraft structure. The fixture arrangement ...