ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,077, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Sleeve for a pair of wiring harnesses" was invented by James Clough (Bristol, Great Britain) and Javier Ruiz De Pablo (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft with a folding wing tip arrangement and first and second wiring harnesses extending between a fixed wing and a wing tip device is disclosed. It is desirable to transfer power and/or data into a folding wing tip, which presents challenges such as repeated exposure to potentially harsh environmental conditions, with movement, and/or with changes in tensional loads. Th...