US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Aug. 25 for "Rod with attachment sockets for a truss structure of a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,568, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Rod with attachment sockets for a truss structure of a vehicle" was invented by Hermann Benthien (Hamburg, Germany) and Matthias Hegenbart (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rod with attachment sockets for a truss structure of a vehicle. The rod comprises an elongated body having a plurality of attachment sockets formed on and distributed over an outer side of the body. The plurality of attachment sockets comprises at least a first number of attachment sockets facing in a first direction and a second number of attachment sockets facing...