ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,961, issued on March 17, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Filton, Great Britain).
"Aircraft control surface system" was invented by Denys Custance (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft control surface system for an aircraft structure, that can be a pop-up spoiler for an aircraft wing, includes a deployable control surface member and a deployment mechanism. The deployment mechanism moves the deployable control surface member between a retracted position and a deployed position. In the retracted position, the deployable control surface member is curled to facilitate stowage within the aircraft struc...