US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on May 26 for "Aircraft mounted cargo lifting crane and adapter for mounting the same" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,333, issued on May 26, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Aircraft mounted cargo lifting crane and adapter for mounting the same" was invented by Christopher Handy (Alexandria, Va.) and Jared Minter (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft mounted cargo lifting crane and adapter for mounting the same. The adapter includes a plate portion and several upstanding webs extending from the plate portion. The upstanding webs include perimeter webs that protect the bolted connections to the aircraft floor, and interior webs that are configu...