US Patent Issued to HUBNER on Aug. 12 for "Coupling module having a bumper pivotably attached to a floor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,560, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HUBNER GmbH & Co. KG (Kassel, Germany).

"Coupling module having a bumper pivotably attached to a floor" was invented by Heinz Schuster (Kassel, Germany), Sebastian Schmelz (Niestetal, Germany) and Lukas Grimm (Spangenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling module as an interface between an air passenger bridge or air passenger stairs and the fuselage of an aircraft has a floor and at least the floor has a floor bumper at an end facing the aircraft fuselage. The floor bumper has a floor bumper segment that is arranged at the coupling module pivotable about a joint having a horizo...