US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Dec. 2 for "Locking mechanism for at least one movable element situated in a first zone and comprising a component that can be adjusted from a second zone, and aircraft comprising at least one such locking mechanism" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,698, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Locking mechanism for at least one movable element situated in a first zone and comprising a component that can be adjusted from a second zone, and aircraft comprising at least one such locking mechanism" was invented by Wolfgang Brochard (Toulouse, France), Laurent Cazeaux (Toulouse, France) and Benjamin Vignoboul (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism situated in an inner zone and comprising at least one component that is adjustable in a longitudinal direction and that is linked to a support by a link having a rod secured ...