ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,182, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Donauworth, Germany).

"Apparatus for connection to an anchor track or an anchor point in an aircraft" was invented by Dominik Vogel (Langweid, Germany), Alexandru Dinca (Donauworth, Germany), Juergen Loi (Rain, Germany), Christoph Heider (Rain am Lech, Germany) and Stefan Salzburger (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for connection to an anchor track or an anchor point in an aircraft, comprising a main body, a quick fastening device that is attached to the main body and configured for being removably fastened to the anchor track...