US Patent Issued to ZSM Holdings on April 8 for "Devices and methods for extending aircraft cargo bays with replacement tailcones" (Colorado, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,575, issued on April 8, was assigned to ZSM Holdings LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Devices and methods for extending aircraft cargo bays with replacement tailcones" was invented by Blake Poe (Longmont, Colo.) and Mathew James Isler (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for extending the interior cargo bay of fixed-wing cargo aircraft into a replaceable tailcone bay are disclosed. The system includes an aircraft and a removable tailcone configured couple to the aft end of the fuselage. The aircraft fuselage includes a cargo bay and an aft end opening into the cargo bay. The tailcone, when attached, encloses the af...