US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Sept. 30 for "Fastening element with selectively elongatable body" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,079, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Fastening element with selectively elongatable body" was invented by Matthias Hegenbart (Hamburg, Germany) and Hermann Benthien (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening element for fastening a first component to a second component. The fastening element includes an elastically deformable body and an elongated actuating member. The actuating member is movably guided relative to the body to be selectively movable further into or further out of the body. The body is configured to be elongated by moving the actuating member further i...