ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,518, issued on June 10, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Moveable wing tip arrangements" was invented by Christopher Alan Bate (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing assembly for an aircraft is disclosed having an actuation assembly configured to move a wing tip device between a flight configuration and a ground configuration. The actuation assembly includes at least two linear actuation devices mounted within the wing assembly. A wing and a wing tip device for the wing assembly, and an aircraft comprising the wing assembly, wing or wing tip, are also disclosed."
The patent was...