US Patent Issued to Airbus Defence and Space on Dec. 2 for "Display apparatus and method for monitoring the structural integrity of a repair location" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,049, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH (Taufkirchen, Germany).

"Display apparatus and method for monitoring the structural integrity of a repair location" was invented by Thomas Korwien (Taufkirchen, Germany), Anton Maier (Taufkirchen, Germany), Thomas Kruse (Hamburg, Germany) and Jens Holtmannspotter (Erding, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indication device for monitoring the structural integrity of a repair location on a laminate structure, produced from a composite material, of a part of an aircraft outer skin is specified. The indication device has at least one elongate, thin indicator stri...