US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS on March 3 for "Front engine attachment system intended for an aircraft engine and having a compact structure" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,321, issued on March 3, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Front engine attachment system intended for an aircraft engine and having a compact structure" was invented by Michael Berjot (Toulouse, France), Remi Lansiaux (Toulouse, France) and Jean-Baptiste Vignes (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for attaching a front engine of an aircraft, having: a vertical median plane, an engine pylon with a nose having a main female clevis, and a cylindrical housing around a vertical axis, a main link fastened to a front casing of the engine by a secondary ball-joint connection about a secondary axi...