US Patent Issued to Airbus Defence and Space on April 21 for "Arrangement for actuating a closure element, device for dropping water from an aircraft for firefighting purposes, and aircraft" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,306, issued on April 21, was assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH (Taufkirchen, Germany).

"Arrangement for actuating a closure element, device for dropping water from an aircraft for firefighting purposes, and aircraft" was invented by Tobias Fislage (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for actuating a closure element that is movable to selectively close and open up an outlet opening of a tank, which can be received or is accommodated in an aircraft, of a device for dropping water for firefighting. The arrangement is formed with a Geneva drive mechanism and makes it possible for the closure elemen...