US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Nov. 3 for "Aircraft including a structure, a tank and means for fixing the tank to the structure" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,441, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Aircraft including a structure, a tank and means for fixing the tank to the structure" was invented by Anthony Mertes (Toulouse, France) and Noemie Michies (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft that includes a floor, a tank and a connection between the tank to the floor. The connection include guide rails fixed to the floor, a cradle with guide grooves cooperating with the guide rails, two rear links articulated between the cradle and the tank, two front links fixed to the cradle and articulated on the tank, a lateral link articula...