Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arrangement for moving a wing tip device between a flight configuration and a ground configuration
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Application No.: US15044370Application Date: 2016-02-16
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Publication No.: US10207795B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Robert Ian Thompson , Nick Livings
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1502663.6 20150217
- Main IPC: B64C13/06
- IPC: B64C13/06 ; B64C23/06 ; B64C3/56

Abstract:
An aircraft comprises a wing, a wing tip device at the tip of the wing and an actuator. The actuator is arranged to effect movement of the wing tip device between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration in which the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft is reduced. The aircraft comprises a carriage guide, such as a rail, fixed relative to the wing, and a carriage arranged to move along the carriage guide as the wing tip device moves between the flight and ground configurations. The wing tip device is fixed relative to the carriage such that the path of the wing tip device, during movement of the wing tip device, between the flight and the ground configurations, is defined by the shape of the carriage guide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160251075A1 ARRANGEMENT FOR MOVING A WING TIP DEVICE BETWEEN A FLIGHT CONFIGURATION AND A GROUND CONFIGURATION Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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