Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotational joint for an aircraft folding wing
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Application No.: US15618696Application Date: 2017-06-09
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Publication No.: US10597138B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Benjamin Bishop , Christoph Winkelmann , Johannes Rupp
- Applicant: Airbus Operations Limited , Airbus Operations GmbH
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol DE Hamburg
- Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited,Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited,Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol DE Hamburg
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1610094.3 20160609
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; B64C23/06 ; F16C11/10

Abstract:
A wing (1) having a fixed wing (3) and a wing tip device (4) rotatable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration, a rotational joint (10) rotatably couples the wing tip device (4) to the fixed wing (3) and a locking mechanism (46) locks the wing tip device (4) in the flight and ground configurations. The locking mechanism (11) includes first and second locking members (51, 52) and first and second receiving members (53, 54), the locking mechanism (11) being configured to lock the wing tip device (4) in one of the flight configuration and ground configuration by receiving the first and second locking members (51, 52) in the first and second receiving members (53, 54) respectively, and to lock the wing tip device (4) in the other of the flight configuration and ground configuration by receiving the first locking member (51) in the second receiving member (54).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170355437A1 ROTATIONAL JOINT FOR AN AIRCRAFT FOLDING WING Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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