ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,458, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Support arrangement for a leading-edge high lift device with a fluid duct" was invented by Stefan Bensmann (Hamburg, Germany) and Martin Fees (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support arrangement for a leading-edge high lift device comprising a support arm for movably supporting the leading-edge high lift device on a wing structure. In order to accommodate the supply of the leading-edge high lift device with a fluid such as an anti-ice fluid, for example pressurized hot air, the support arm is configured as a fluid conduit for feeding...