US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 14 for "Wing assemblies and aircraft with gap-adjustment assemblies for slats" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,455, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Wing assemblies and aircraft with gap-adjustment assemblies for slats" was invented by Steven S. Heer (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Ramon A. Burin (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Samuel L. Block (Bothell, Wash.) and Kyle S. Wydock (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wing assemblies comprise a slat, wing support structures, and a gap-adjustment assembly configured to permit selective adjustment of the slat relative to the wing support structures. The gap-adjustment assembly comprises a track member and an adjustment member. The track member is pivotally coupled relative to ...