ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,361, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany) and Christoph Winkelmann (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing for an aircraft is disclosed including a main wing and a trailing edge high lift assembly having a flap, and a connection assembly movably connecting the flap to the main wing, such that the flap is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position, wherein the connection assembly includes a support element that is mounted to the flap and that is movably mounted to the main win...