Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotatable wing tip joint and method of making same
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Application No.: US15675954Application Date: 2017-08-14
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Publication No.: US10759521B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Timothy James McMahon , John Scott Kruse , Adam L. Kehrer
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: B64C23/06
- IPC: B64C23/06 ; B64C5/08 ; B64C3/38

Abstract:
A joint for coupling a wing tip to a wing base includes a linking member that extends from a first end to a second end. The linking member first end is coupleable to the wing base, and the linking member second end is coupleable to the wing tip. The linking member defines first second hinge lines that are substantially parallel. The joint also includes at least one actuator. A first end of each at least one actuator is coupled to the linking member, and a second end of each at least one actuator is coupleable to one of the wing base and the wing tip. The at least one actuator is operable to rotate the wing tip about the first and second hinge lines between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the wing base.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170361922A1 ROTATABLE WING TIP JOINT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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