Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wing assembly having wing joints joining outer wing structures to center wing structure
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Application No.: US17376124Application Date: 2021-07-14
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Publication No.: US11613341B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: Forouzan Behzadpour , Patrick B. Stickler
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: B64C3/32
- IPC: B64C3/32 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C3/26

Abstract:
A wing assembly includes a center wing structure and a pair of outer wing structures. The center wing structure includes a center wing front spar, a center wing rear spar, and an engine mounting location on each side of a wing centerline. Each outer wing structure includes an outer wing front and rear spar configured to be coupled respectively to the center wing front and rear spar to define a wing joint coupling the outer wing structure to the center wing structure. The center wing structure is configured such that the spar terminal ends of the center wing front and rear spars at each wing joint are located no further inboard than an engine centerline associated with the engine mounting location, and no further outboard of the engine centerline than ten percent of a distance between the engine centerline and the wing centerline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220033060A1 WING ASSEMBLY HAVING WING JOINTS JOINING OUTER WING STRUCTURES TO CENTER WING STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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