ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,221, issued on June 3, was assigned to Safran Passenger Innovations LLC (Brea, Calif.).

"Flexible multi-modem broadband terminal for mobile platforms" was invented by Vincent Boussemart (Munich) and Matteo Berioli (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modular broadband terminals that allow for the connection of a plurality of different modems are provided. The modular broadband terminals include a main connector board having common interfaces. The modems have specific interfaces that may be different from the common interfaces and from others of the modems. Each modem can connect with a converter adapter board that is configured to c...