US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on July 8 for "Wing for an aircraft" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,309, issued on July 8, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Dennis Krey (Hamburg, Germany), Steffen KleemiB (Hamburg, Germany), Christian Jurdens (Hamburg, Germany) and Alexander Huber (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing 3 including a main wing 5, a slat 7, and a connection assembly 9 movably connecting the slat 7 to the main wing 5, wherein the slat 7 moves between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the front spar 37 includes an aperture 41 for a slat track 17 and the main wing 5 comprises a track housing assembly 43 including a track...