ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,147, issued on July 29, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Fairing attachment system for a wing of an aircraft, aircraft wing and method for mounting a fairing device" was invented by Markus Gibbert (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fairing attachment system for a wing of an aircraft includes a high lift support structure configured to movably support a high-lift airfoil element of a wing of an aircraft relative to the wing. The system includes a fairing device extending in a lengthwise direction, configured to provide an aerodynamic housing of the high lift support structure when attached to...