ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,210, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).
"System and method for securing a structural member to a wing and a fuselage of an aircraft" was invented by Drew-Daniel T. Keefe (Maple Valley, Wash.) and Jeff S. Hollowell (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for securing a portion of a fuselage of an aircraft to a portion of a wing of the aircraft include a longeron having a first end and a second end, a first moveable coupling interface that moveably secures the first end to the portion of the fuselage, and a second moveable coupling interface that moveably secures the second end to the por...