US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Jan. 27 for "Airfoil profile for an aircraft and aerodynamic surfaces using said airfoil profile" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,233, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Airfoil profile for an aircraft and aerodynamic surfaces using said airfoil profile" was invented by Mihai Ioan Zecheru (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airfoil profile for an aircraft, such as an unmanned aerial system. The airfoil profile includes a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion that are spaced apart along a chordwise direction, an airfoil centroid; and an upper airfoil surface and a lower airfoil surface. The airfoil surfaces are shaped such that the pressure center of the lifting force is arranged at the same ...