ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,072, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Dennis Krey (Hamburg, Germany) and Steffen KleemiB (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wing includes a main wing and a high lift assembly having a high lift body, and a connection assembly movably connecting the high lift body to the main wing to be movable between a retracted and an extended position, and having an elongate track extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The first end of the track is mounted to the high lift body. The track is mounted to th...