ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,302, issued on March 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Interior module with a compressible side edge and method of producing an interior module" was invented by Tatjana Ockert (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interior component for a passenger cabin. The interior component comprises a plate, which itself comprises a rigid section, and a compressible section. The rigid section and the compressible section form an integral body, and the compressible section is arranged at an end or side of the plate. Also an aircraft having such interior component and a method of manufacturing such interi...