Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stop pads for aircraft folding wing tips
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Application No.: US16052102Application Date: 2018-08-01
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Publication No.: US11077931B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Eric S. Kamila , Eric G. Gruner
- 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: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56

Abstract:
Stop pads for aircraft folding wing tips are described herein. An example aircraft wing includes a fixed wing portion and a wing tip moveably coupled to the fixed wing portion about a hinge axis. The wing tip is moveable between an extended position and a folded position. The aircraft wing also includes a first stop pad coupled to the fixed wing portion, the first stop pad having a first contact surface, and a second stop pad coupled to the wing tip, the second stop pad having a second contact surface. The first and second contact surfaces are to engage each other when the wing tip is in the extended position. A contact plane between the first and second contact surfaces is coplanar with the hinge axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200039630A1 STOP PADS FOR AIRCRAFT FOLDING WING TIPS Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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