US Patent Issued to MBDA UK on April 14 for "Foldable moveable member for an air vehicle with fold region having a plurality of holes" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,574, issued on April 14, was assigned to MBDA UK Ltd. (Stevenage, Great Britain).

"Foldable moveable member for an air vehicle with fold region having a plurality of holes" was invented by Jeffrey Thornton (Hertfordshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable moveable member for an air vehicle. The moveable member includes a sheet. The sheet has a first portion, a second portion, and a fold region. The first portion is connected to the second portion via the fold region, and the fold region comprises a plurality of holes such that the stiffness of the fold region is lower than the first or second portion. The fold ...