ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,402, issued on June 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations S.L.U. (Getafe, Spain).
"Drive mechanism" was invented by Alvaro Jara Rodelgo (Getafe, Spain) and Miguel Gonzalez Antohi (Getafe, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive mechanism, a drive system and an aerodynamic structure for an aircraft, each including at least one articulated module comprising four links. Each link includes three coupling points distributed forming a triangular geometry. The links are coupled to each other such that an articulation with only one degree of freedom is provided."
The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/517,344.
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