ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,551, issued on May 5, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) and SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS UK LTD (Gloucestershire, Great Britain).

"Method for mounting an axle in a bogie, and associated installation" was invented by Julien Pacaud (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Armel Vachon (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Gregoire De Laitre (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Tom Boardman (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for mounting an axle in a bore of a bogie mounted on a landing gear of an aircraft, the landing gear being in a gear-down position, the bore extending in a substantially horizonta...