US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on March 31 for "Window mounting structure for snap and click mounting of a window assembly of an aircraft" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,855, issued on March 31, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Window mounting structure for snap and click mounting of a window assembly of an aircraft" was invented by Hermann Benthien (Hamburg, Germany) and Andreas Poppe (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window mounting structure that has a mounting support interface which is installed on an aircraft fuselage. The window pane assembly is inserted in the window opening and a mounting frame is pressed onto the mounting support interface. The mounting frame may be locked in place with a locking member."

The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2023, un...