ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,031, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Flexible connection assembly with integrated vibration damper" was invented by Hermann Benthien (Hamburg, Germany) and Andreas Poppe (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection assembly for connecting a first element to a second element is provided. The connection assembly has a male element and a female element. The female element has a barrel nut. The barrel nut has a conical inner portion positioned at a first longitudinal region and a cylindrical inner portion positioned at a second longitudinal region. The barrel nut has a first...