ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,669, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS (Herstal, Belgium).

"Cart for assembling and transporting an aircraft engine to a test cell" was invented by Franck Dumont (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cart (2) for transporting an aircraft engine, comprising a base frame (4) equipped with wheels (6) for riding on a floor; at least two engine arms (14, 16) extending horizontally and movable vertically relative to the base frame, structured and designed for supporting the aircraft engine; and at least two adapter arms (20) extending horizontally at a higher level than the at least two ...