US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Nov. 25 for "Aircraft wing assembly including high lift device with an overlapped connection point" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,569, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Aircraft wing assembly including high lift device with an overlapped connection point" was invented by Peter Kelly (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wing assembly includes a wing box including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a leading edge structure connecting the upper surface to the lower surface and secured to the upper surface at a connection point. The aircraft wing assembly includes a drive mechanism secured to the wing box and a high lift device mounted to the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is...