ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,394, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Christoph Winkelmann (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing (3) for an aircraft (1) including a fixed wing (5), a foldable wing tip portion (9) mounted to the fixed wing (5) via a hinge (11) in a manner rotatable about a hinge axis (13) between an extended position and a folded position, an actuation device (24) for actuating the foldable wing tip portion (9) for movement between the extended position and the folded position, and an arresting device (37) for arresting the foldable wing tip portion...