ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,032, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Aircraft comprising at least one engine attachment system that has reduced vertical bulk" was invented by Michael Berjot (Toulouse, France), Remi Lansiaux (Toulouse, France) and Jean-Baptiste Vignes (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft comprising at least one engine attachment system connecting a primary structure of a pylon and a motor, having a right-hand interface connected to the right-hand lateral face of the primary structure, a left-hand interface connected to the left-hand lateral face of the primary structure, first and...