US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on March 3 for "Helical connecting link and method for energy absorption using the same" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,317, issued on March 3, was assigned to B/E Aerospace INc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Helical connecting link and method for energy absorption using the same" was invented by Pradeep Acharya (Bangalore, India), Sreekanth Rao (Bangalore, India) and Maxime Dempah (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting link for connecting first and second components such as an aircraft seat leg and a track fastener. The link includes a helical middle portion forming an interior space in which an energy attenuator is positioned. In embodiments, the energy attenuator includes inner and outer cylindrical bodies that operate in translation upon a...