US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 5 for "Engine attachment system for aircraft and method for attaching an engine" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,993, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Engine attachment system for aircraft and method for attaching an engine" was invented by Luke D. Torjesen (Everett, Wash.), Donald T. Powell (Everett, Wash.), Kory K. Shaffer (Hayward, Calif.), Druh Palma (Mill Creek, Wash.) and Kyle Stevens (Mill Creek, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine attachment system includes a strut box. The strut box includes a longitudinal axis, a forward portion that extends along the longitudinal axis, and an aft portion that extends from the forward portion along the longitudinal axis. The engine attachment system include...