US Patent Issued to OnStation on July 22 for "Aircraft modification system for safely securing an aerial refueling system (ARS) to a fuselage subsystem and operatively interfacing the ARS with aircraft systems, a refueling system(s) manager, and other systems/components of the aircraft modification system" (California, West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,478, issued on July 22, was assigned to OnStation Corp. (Los Angeles).

"Aircraft modification system for safely securing an aerial refueling system (ARS) to a fuselage subsystem and operatively interfacing the ARS with aircraft systems, a refueling system(s) manager, and other systems/components of the aircraft modification system" was invented by Lewis Allen Whaley (Charleston, W.va.) and Mark Richard Jean (Palmdale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft modification system for transforming an aircraft (that includes an aircraft fuselage, aircraft flight control surfaces, and aircraft subsystems). The aircraft modification ...