Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Failsafe determinate flap support underwing attachment
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Application No.: US17853634Application Date: 2022-06-29
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Publication No.: US12024288B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Samuel L. Block
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Agency: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: B64C9/02
- IPC: B64C9/02 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C9/18

Abstract:
An underwing flap support mounting structure is disclosed that includes an underwing beam comprising an integral clevis at a forward end of the underwing beam and mounted to a lower skin of a wingbox, wherein the integral clevis comprises a first clevis bore and second clevis bore; and a wingbox lug fitting comprising a wingbox lug and a spherical bearing support assembly carrying a race and a spherical bearing, the wingbox lug having a wingbox lug bore and the spherical bearing having a spherical bearing bore, wherein a forward-aft oriented fuse pin is slidably received in the spherical bearing bore, the first clevis bore, and the second clevis bore to inhibit relative linear-vertical motion of the underwing beam and the integral clevis relative to a wingbox lug fitting that is mounted to the lower skin of the wingbox.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240002037A1 FAILSAFE DETERMINATE FLAP SUPPORT UNDERWING ATTACHMENT Public/Granted day:2024-01-04
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