US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Aug. 5 for "Wing assembly comprising a connecting assembly with a first and a second connecting element, wing, and aircraft" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,960, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Wing assembly comprising a connecting assembly with a first and a second connecting element, wing, and aircraft" was invented by Dennis Krey (Hamburg, Germany) and Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing assembly is disclosed having a fixed wing portion, a high-lift device, and a connecting assembly movably connecting the high-lift device to the fixed wing portion, such that the high-lift device is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position. The connecting assembly includes a first connecting...