ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,989, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France) and Airbus Operations Ltd. (Filton Bristol, Great Britain).

"Attachment system for landing gear" was invented by Sebastien Reyes Vermot (Filton, Great Britain), Fraser Wilson (Filton, Great Britain) and Johan Dentesano (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment system for installing a landing gear into a landing gear bay of an aircraft. The attachment system comprises an attachment element configured to be attachable to the landing gear; and a receiving element configured to receive the attachment element and secure the landing gear w...