US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND on Jan. 20 for "Modular load carrying apparatus with interchangeable platforms" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,582, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Donauworth, Germany).

"Modular load carrying apparatus with interchangeable platforms" was invented by Dominik Vogel (Langweid, Germany) and Alexandru Dinca (Donauworth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular load carrying apparatus for a rotary wing aircraft and to a method of operating a modular load carrying apparatus. The modular load carrying apparatus may include a tube, first and second caps that are located inside the tube at first and second axial ends, and at least first and second removable platforms that are interchangeably installable ...