US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS on Aug. 12 for "Flight control surface with leading edge device within wing" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,518, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Flight control surface with leading edge device within wing" was invented by Oliver Family (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wing with a moveable leading edge device mounted towards the leading edge of the wing is disclosed. The leading edge device is moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the leading edge device is substantially flush with the low pressure surface. In the second configuration, the surface of the leading edge device is retracted into the win...