ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,950, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Aircraft handlers and related methods" was invented by Daniel R. McGeehan (St. Charles, Mo.), Rebecca Michelle Ryan (Lake Saint Loius, Mo.), Iavor Boykov (St. Charles, Mo.) and Yashlay Sinha (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft handlers include a plurality of undercarriage support assemblies. Each undercarriage support assembly includes a body, a translation assembly operably attached to the body, and a support member operably coupled to and extending from the body. The support member comprises a support region configured to engage and ope...