US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 16 for "Strut assembly and method for coupling an engine to a wing of an aircraft" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,610, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Strut assembly and method for coupling an engine to a wing of an aircraft" was invented by Kyle D. Stevens (Mill Creek, Wash.), Donald T. Powell (Everett, Wash.), Druh Palma (Mill Creek, Wash.) and Zachary C. Hoisington (Seal Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut assembly for coupling an engine to a wing of an aircraft, the strut assembly comprising a mid truss assembly comprising a fore portion and an aft portion; an engine mount member connected to the fore portion of the mid truss assembly; an aft truss assembly comprising a fore portion and...