ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,773, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS UK LTD. (Gloucester, Great Britain).
"Pintle pin assembly mechanism" was invented by Ian Robert Bennett (Gloucester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment assembly for an aircraft strut mounting joint. The attachment assembly includes a tubular structure having a central axis and at least one open end. The attachment assembly further includes at least one mounting pin arranged at least partially within the at least one open end of the tubular structure and moveable along the central axis between a retracted position and an extended position. In the ex...