US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on March 3 for "Flange coupling system for connecting pipes in an aircraft" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,951, issued on March 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Flange coupling system for connecting pipes in an aircraft" was invented by Steffen Wiegand (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flange coupling system for connecting pipes in an aircraft, comprises a first flange element and a second flange element, each flange element comprising a flange ring surrounding an opening for transporting a liquid or gaseous medium. Each flange ring comprises a sealing surface for mutual connection of both flange elements. Each flange element comprises one or more fixation members configured for mutual fixati...