ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,333, issued on March 3, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Jig for spark containment caps" was invented by Richard Dobbin (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of securing a first structure to a second structure is disclosed including providing a jig assembly having spark containment caps carried by a jig; mounting the jig assembly on a structure so that the spark containment caps and the jig contact the first structure; securing the spark containment caps to the first structure by injecting adhesive material into contact with the first structure and the spark containment caps ...