ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,790, issued on May 12, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Filton Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft access cover" was invented by Henry Edwards (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for covering an access port of a fuel storage structure of an aircraft, the access port is configured to allow a human operator to access an interior of a first container of the fuel storage structure. The cover comprises an inlet port configured to interface with and receive fuel from an aircraft refueling apparatus, and an outlet port fluidically connectable to the inlet port and operable to provide the fuel received at the ...