ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,456, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD. (Lod, Israel).

"Wing module for air vehicle with non-zero angular displacement pivot axes for first wing and second wing elements" was invented by Shai Alexandroni (Lod, Israel), Gaby Vaisman (Lod, Israel) and Ofek Ohana (Lod, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing system is provided for an air vehicle, having a fuselage including a fuselage section and a fuselage longitudinal axis. The wing system has at least one wing deployment module, each including a set of wing elements, including at least a first wing element having a first longitudinal axis, and a ...