ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,959, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft with a slat assembly" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany) and Florian Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing for an aircraft, including a main wing and a slat assembly including a slat and at least one connection assembly movably connecting the slat to the main wing, such that the slat is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position, such that the connection assembly has an elongate slat track, and the front end of the slat track is mounted to the slat, such that the...