US Patent Issued to ZSM Holdings on April 7 for "Aircraft fuselage configurations for upward deflection of aft fuselage" (North Carolina, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,041, issued on April 7, was assigned to ZSM Holdings LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Aircraft fuselage configurations for upward deflection of aft fuselage" was invented by Scott David Rewerts (Summerfield, N.C.), Jason C. Bell (Frederick, Colo.) and Mark Emil Lundstrom (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixed-wing cargo aircraft having a kinked fuselage is disclosed. The fuselage contains a continuous interior cargo bay, and includes a forward portion, an aft portion, and a kinked portion forming a junction in the fuselage between the forward and aft portions. The kinked portion contains a transition region of the cargo bay and de...