Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft comprising a foldable aerodynamic structure and an articulation mechanism for a foldable aerodynamic structure
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Application No.: US15064160Application Date: 2016-03-08
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Publication No.: US10214278B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Stephen Paul Briancourt , Sylvain Boye
- 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: GB1503980.3 20150309
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; B64C23/06

Abstract:
An aircraft, for example a passenger aircraft, comprises a foldable wing having an inner region and an outer region. The outer region is moveable relative to the inner region between a flight configuration, an intermediate configuration, and a ground configuration. In the flight configuration the inner and outer regions are locked together via a multiplicity of connectors for transferring loads. In the intermediate configuration the outer region is displaced, for example forwardly, such that the connection is disengaged to unlock the outer region from the inner region. In the intermediate configuration the outer region is also connected to the inner region via a hinge. In the ground configuration, the outer region is rotated about the hinge, such that the span of the wing is reduced.
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