ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,895, issued on Jan. 28, 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: "The disclosure concerns a wing for an aircraft including a main wing and a trailing edge high lift assembly movably arranged at a trailing edge of the main wing, the trailing edge high lift assembly having a flap and a connection assembly movably mounting the flap to the main wing, such that the flap is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position. The connection assembly includes an a...