US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on May 20 for "Aircraft component coupling assembly and coupler for aircraft components" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,690, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Aircraft component coupling assembly and coupler for aircraft components" was invented by Kentaro Tanaka (Kobe, Japan), Kunio Nawata (Kobe, Japan), Sachinori Ishimoto (Kobe, Japan), Kota Nakaya (Kobe, Japan) and Tatsuro Akasaka (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft component coupling assembly includes first and second plate structures placed and a coupler coupling the first and second plate structures. The first plate structure includes a first insertion hole and a first serration located on a first outer surface of the first plate structur...