ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,509, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U. (Madrid).

"Method for assembling modules into a load aerostructure of an aircraft" was invented by Diego Garcia Martin (Madrid) and Carlos Flores Hernandez (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to load sub-modules into a aerostructure of an aircraft including: providing each sub-module with a connecting element wherein first holes are drilled in each of connecting element; drilling a second holes in the aerostructure a pattern corresponding to the first set of holes; assembling the at least one module assembly and the connecting elements by matching the secon...