ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,480, issued on July 7, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Connection system and method for connecting components with tolerance compensation" was invented by Christian Manz (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection system includes at least a first part and at least a second part, both comprising a connection surface and being configured to be connected to each other. A plurality of engagement elements is protruding from the connection surface of the first part and from the connection surface of the second part. For connecting different components, the parts are positioned such that their co...