ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,229, issued on April 29, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany), Dennis Krey (Hamburg, Germany) and Jan Haunert (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wing, including a main wing and a trailing edge high lift assembly movably arranged at a main wing trailing edge, the high lift assembly including a flap and a connection assembly movably mounting the flap to the main wing, such that the flap is movable between retracted and extended positions. In the extended position, a gap is present between a main wing lower rear pane...