ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,958, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AeroVironment Inc. (Arlington, Va.).
"Extruded wing protection system and device" was invented by Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, Calif.) and John Peter Zwaan (Simi Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for an extruded wing protection and control surface comprising: a channel proximate a leading edge of the control surface, a knuckle disposed about the channel, a leading void, a trailing void, and a separator dividing the leading void and the trailing void; and a plurality of notches disposed in the extruded control surface proximate the leading edge of the control...