US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Oct. 14 for "Wing for an aircraft including a high lift body track with roller unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,459, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Wing for an aircraft including a high lift body track with roller unit" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany) and Florian Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing having a main wing and a high lift assembly with a body and a connection. The connection movably connects the body to the main wing, such that the body is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position. The connection comprises a track extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end and an intermediate port...