ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,984, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Aircraft system" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany) and Dennis Krey (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system includes a support structure, an aerodynamic component, a first coupling unit and a second coupling unit. The first coupling unit includes a first coupling mechanism movably coupling the aerodynamic component to a first coupling point at the support structure, and a second coupling mechanism coupling the aerodynamic component to a second coupling point at the support structure. The first and second coup...