US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 24 for "Method and apparatus for auxiliary power unit installation" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,251, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Method and apparatus for auxiliary power unit installation" was invented by Alan J. Wong (Issaquah, Wash.), Curtis John Call (Federal Way, Wash.) and Theodore Carl Arnold (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft is disclosed, including a fuselage having a compartment configured to house refueling apparatus. An auxiliary power unit is mounted in the compartment."

The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/827,480.

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