US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 13 for "Apparatus and methods for transonic truss-braced wing aircraft" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,341, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatus and methods for transonic truss-braced wing aircraft" was invented by Neal A. Harrison (Snohomish, Wash.), Paul W. Dees (Snohomish, Wash.) and Donald Thomas Powell (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for transonic truss-braced wing aircraft are disclosed herein. An example aircraft disclosed herein includes a fuselage and a wing supported by a truss. The truss includes a pylon coupled to and extending from the fuselage and a strut attached to the wing. An engine is coupled to the pylon."

The patent was filed on Oct. 6...