ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,479, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Bremen, Germany) and Dennis Krey (Bremen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing for an aircraft including a main wing and a leading edge high lift assembly having a slat and a connection assembly movably connecting the slat to the main wing, such that the slat is movable between a retracted position, a first extended position, and a second extended position. The connection assembly includes an elongate slat track that extends along a track longitudinal axis between a first end and a secon...