ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,812, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Aerodynamic system for an aircraft" was invented by Marc Hencke (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerodynamic system includes a support structure and an aerodynamic component movably coupled to the support structure via first and second coupling units such that the aerodynamic component can be moved relative to the support structure. The first and second coupling units can transfer a load from the aerodynamic component to the support structure. The system further includes an auxiliary coupling unit coupled between the aerodynamic compo...