ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,489, issued on March 24, was assigned to Dellner Couplers AB (Falun, Sweden).

"Sidewall suitable for a gangway and gangway" was invented by Mohammed Ghouse (Kanchipuram, India), Sowthri Ganth Selvakumar (Erode, India) and Uwe Lauschke (Magdeburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sidewall for a gangway comprises a central main panel having a front side and a back side, a first side panel arranged to partially extend from a first side of the central main panel, the first side panel having a front side and a back side, wherein a part of the front side of the first side panel is arranged facing the back side of the central main ...