US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on July 29 for "Slat arrangement for a wing of an aircraft" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,150, issued on July 29, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Slat arrangement for a wing of an aircraft" was invented by Christian Heck (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slat arrangement for a wing of an aircraft. The arrangement has a movable leading-edge slat and a connection section. The leading-edge slat includes a slat leading edge and a slat trailing edge. The connection section includes a receiving opening for receiving the slat trailing edge. The connection section includes an overhang having a free end. The slat trailing edge is configured to be translated under the overhang. A trailin...