ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,950, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to IHI AEROSPACE Co. LTD. (Tomioka, Japan).
"Joint structure and assembly method for same" was invented by Takashi Harada (Tokyo), Yu Shigenari (Tokyo), Ikuo Okumura (Tokyo) and Toyoharu Akimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint structure includes a connection member provided between a reinforced member and a reinforcing member and connecting both of them to each other. The connection member includes a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion that are coupled to one and another of the reinforced member and the reinforcing member, respectively. The first coupling portion is co...