ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,217, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Moveable wing tip arrangements" was invented by Henry Edwards (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing assembly for an aircraft is disclosed including a wing and a wing tip device at the tip of the wing, wherein the wing tip device is moveable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration. The wing has a spar extension which extends spanwise away from a distal end of the wing, the spar extension having a first end portion fixed in the wing and a second end portion which, in the flight configuration, is positioned...