Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft, aircraft wings and associated shear ties
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Application No.: US16995298Application Date: 2020-08-17
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Publication No.: US11623731B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: David Wesley Trop , Patrick B. Stickler , William John Koch, IV , Benjamin Joseph Palmer
- 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: B64C3/18
- IPC: B64C3/18 ; B64C3/26

Abstract:
Aircraft, aircraft wings and associated shear ties are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first panel coupled to a second panel to define a wing box; a rib disposed chordwise within the wing box; and a stringer disposed spanwise within the wing box immediately adjacent at least one of the first panel or the second panel, the rib including a shear tie including first and second legs extending in opposite directions, the first and second legs to be coupled to at least one of the first panel, the second panel, or the stringer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200377193A1 AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT WINGS AND ASSOCIATED SHEAR TIES Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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