US Patent Issued to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE on Sept. 8 for "Aircraft landing gear support fixtures" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,018, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Corp. (Savannah, Ga.).

"Aircraft landing gear support fixtures" was invented by Andrew P. Merk (Savannah, Ga.) and Nathan Coffee (Savannah, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed here is an aircraft landing gear support fixture suitable for supporting a grounded aircraft for testing purposes. The support fixture includes a strut having a longitudinal strut axis, an upper strut end, and a lower strut end. The upper strut end has attachment structure that is compatibly shaped, sized, and configured to attach the strut to the aircraft in lieu of a landing gear strut of t...