ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,146, issued on July 29, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Stefan Bensmann (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing for an aircraft includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper skin extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, a lower skin extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, at least one spar extending between the upper skin and the lower skin in a spanwise direction to create a wing box with the upper skin and the lower skin, and at least one droop nose at the leading edge, wherein the at least one droop nose is cou...