ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,184, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany) and Florian Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wing includes a main wing and a high lift assembly having a high lift body and a connection assembly movably connecting the high lift body to the main wing, such that the high lift body is movable between retracted and extended positions. The connection assembly includes an elongate track extending along a longitudinal axis between first and second ends and has an intermediate portion. The first end ...