ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,974, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Coupling kit-of-parts for a mounting arrangement for mounting an interior substructure to a primary structure of an aircraft" was invented by Hermann Benthien (Hamburg, Germany) and Amarnath Pise (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling kit-of-parts is provided for mounting an interior substructure to a primary structure of an aircraft. The kit includes a locking member and a mounting member. When the locking member is inserted into the mounting member, a first member part and a second member part are pushed radially outward to enga...