ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,154, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Assembly having two elements assembled by a glue joint provided with blocked tunnels, vehicle comprising such an assembly and methods for securing and detaching such an assembly" was invented by Florence Negrel (Aubagne, France), Pierre Fruitet (Pompignan, France) and Olivier Bedus (Aurons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly provided with a panel glued by a glue joint to a support, the assembly facilitating the detachment of the panel from the support, the glue joint being interposed between an internal environment and an external environm...