ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,558, issued on July 14, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Cable harness sleeves" 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 wing having a fixed wing and a moveably mounted wing tip device is disclosed. A first cable harness and a second cable harness which are received in a protective sleeve extend between the fixed wing and the wing tip device. The protective sleeve is in a secured configuration in which at least two opposing parts of the protective sleeve are secured together between the first cable...