ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,447, issued on June 3, was assigned to ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD. (Lod, Israel).
"Deployable wing system for air vehicle" was invented by Danny Abramov (Lod, Israel) and Yoav Heichal (Lod, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing system is provided for an air vehicle, the air vehicle having a fuselage including a fuselage longitudinal axis. The wing system includes a set of wings, configured for transitioning between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The set of wings includes a first said wing having a first wing tip, a first wing longitudinal axis, and a first pivot axis; and a second said wing having a s...