Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Swing wing tip
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Application No.: US15364865Application Date: 2016-11-30
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Publication No.: US10421529B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Stefan Napier , Robert Hart , Matthew Harding , 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: GB1521088.3 20151130
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; B64C3/18

Abstract:
An aircraft including a wing 10 having a fixed wing 12 and a swing wing tip device 14 pivotably mounted about a pivot 16 at the tip of the fixed wing, wherein the swing wing tip device 14 is configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, where the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. The swing wing tip device 14 includes a receiving portion 48 arranged such that in the ground configuration, portions of the upper wing skin and lower wing skin of the fixed wing which are exposed in the flight configuration are at least partially received within the receiving portion 48 of the swing wing 14.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170152016A1 SWING WING TIP Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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