US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS on Sept. 1 for "Aircraft structure" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,771, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Aircraft structure" was invented by Henry Edwards (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft structure including a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are bonded together via a plurality of discrete adhesive sections arranged in a herringbone pattern or a support between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the support includes spaced apart ribs with discrete adhesive sections located between the spaced apart ribs."

The patent was filed on April 18, 2023, under Applic...