ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,133, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Luc Andreani (Hamburg, Germany) and Dennis Krey (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing for an aircraft. The wing includes a main wing and a trailing edge high lift assembly movably arranged at a trailing edge of the main wing. The trailing edge high lift assembly includes a flap and a connection assembly movably mounting the flap to the main wing, such that the flap is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position, wherein the connection assembly is configured such that...