Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotational joint for an aircraft folding wing
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Application No.: US15737608Application Date: 2016-06-06
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Publication No.: US10906630B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: John David Randall , Stuart Alexander , Matthew Harding , Krzysztof Jerzy Skirkowski
- 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: GB1510795.6 20150619
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/051666 WO 20160606
- International Announcement: WO2016/203201 WO 20161222
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; B64C23/06 ; B64C3/58 ; B64C5/08

Abstract:
A folding wing having a wing tip device (3) rotatable between flight and ground configurations, about an Euler axis of rotation (11). The wing tip device (3) and a fixed wing (1) are separated along an oblique cut plane (13) passing through the upper and lower surfaces of the folding wing. A rotational joint (15) for coupling the wing tip device (3) to the fixed wing (1) during rotation between the ground and flight configurations. The rotational joint includes a follower (17a) and a guide (17b), one which being fixed relative to the wing tip device and the other being fixed relative to the fixed wing. The follower and guide interlock such as by interlocking rings. The follower is received in the guide such that during rotation between the ground and flight configurations the follower moves along the arcuate path defined by the guide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180194453A1 A ROTATIONAL JOINT FOR AN AIRCRAFT FOLDING WING Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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