ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,355, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Wingcopter GmbH (Weiterstadt, Germany).
"Device for aligning a piece good part lifted by means of a winch of an aircraft" was invented by Jonathan Hesselbarth (Darmstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alignment device aligns a piece good part, which is received by a cable winch, relative to a yaw axis of an aircraft. An alignment member is fastened on an underside of the aircraft, and an alignment mating part fixed to the piece good part. In use, the alignment mating part has an alignment lug pointing towards the aircraft. The alignment member has a guide track having a sliding surf...