US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Sept. 15 for "Tank wall liner, tank and aircraft employing said tank wall liner and associated manufacturing methods" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,192, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Tank wall liner, tank and aircraft employing said tank wall liner and associated manufacturing methods" was invented by Jose Martins (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank wall liner for a fuel tank includes a liner body made of a liner material. The liner material is a sealant or composite of sealant and fiber and/or textile materials. Multiple tank wall liners are installed on a tank wall and form a lining surface that seals the fuel in the tank from the tank skin. Also, a tank with the tank wall liner, an aircraft with a tank for...