ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,523, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Landing gear comprising static sealing points" was invented by Anais Flegny (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Sacha Mierzejewski (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Nicolas Mathon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing gear wherein it includes at least one static sealing point, the static sealing point comprising a gasket made of elastically deformable material held between a portion of a first part of the landing gear and a portion of a second part of the landing gear, the first and second parts of the landing gear comprising...