ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,300, issued on March 3, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Load-bearing structures" was invented by Parthasarathy Iyengar (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load-bearing structure is disclosed and configured to, during operation of the structure, transfer load from a first part of the structure to a second part of the structure via a load path. The component includes a matrix material, a plurality of longitudinal first reinforcing elements embedded in the matrix material, and a plurality of longitudinal second reinforcing elements embedded in the matrix material. The long axis of e...