ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,241, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Premium Aerotec GmbH (Augsburg, Germany).

"Sealant application station and assembly system for connecting components" was invented by Matthias Niedermair (Augsburg, Germany), Lucas Kiefer (Augsburg, Germany), Tobias Kugelmann (Augsburg, Germany) and Markus Wickenburg (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly system with a sealant application station and an assembly tool is described. The assembly system is used to connect two or more components to each other. The sealant application station applies a sealant to a connector. The sealant application station is arranged in a ...