US Patent Issued to Israel Aerospace Industries on March 24 for "Boom member for refueling air vehicles" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,616, issued on March 24, was assigned to Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (Lod, Israel).

"Boom member for refueling air vehicles" was invented by Moshe Barsheshet (Lod, Israel), Lidor Yeger (Lod, Israel) and Jacob Fridman (Lod, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boom member for in-flight refueling includes a first boom member portion, a second boom member portion, and a connect/disconnect mechanism. The first boom member portion includes a first boom lumen, a first boom axis, and a fuel receiving end. The second boom member portion includes a second boom lumen, a second boom axis, and a fuel delivery end including a fuel delive...