US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS on Feb. 17 for "Moveable wing tip actuation system" (British, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,520, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain) and AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Moveable wing tip actuation system" was invented by Thomas Wilson (Bristol, Great Britain) and Christoph Winkelmann (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wing is disclosed having a fixed wing with a tip, and a wing tip device rotatably mounted on a hinge at the tip of the fixed wing, such that the wing tip device is rotatable about the hinge, and an actuation system for rotating the wing tip device about the hinge. The actuation system includes a motor, at least one geared rota...