ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,575, issued on March 24, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Wing for an aircraft" was invented by Bernhard Schlipf (Hamburg, Germany) and Jan Haunert (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wing (3) including a main wing (5), a slat (7), and a connection assembly (9) movably connecting the slat (7) to the main wing (5). The connection assembly (9) includes an elongate slat track (17) extending along a track longitudinal axis (19) having a front end (21) an intermediate portion (25) and a rear end (23). The front end (21) and/or the intermediate portion (25) is mounted to the slat (7). Th...