ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,900, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Moveable wing tip arrangements" was invented by Christopher Alan Bate (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing assembly for an aircraft has a wing, a moveable wing tip device and an actuation assembly to move the wing tip device. The actuation assembly is disposed externally of the wing assembly. In a further aspect, the actuation assembly has a first connector member connected externally of the wing assembly at the actuator and pivotably connected at a lower portion of the wing or wing tip. This can facilitate the provision...