ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,081, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Protective device for aircraft window units, protective device system for aircraft, aircraft" was invented by Vitalij Werthmann (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective device for aircraft window units includes a frame unit, multi-part and closable protective unit in the frame unit, at least one pretensionable movement unit on the protective unit to transfer the protective unit from at least one open position state into a closed position state, and a triggering unit coupled to the at least one movement unit via at least one coupli...