Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Segmented aircraft wing having solar arrays
- Patent Title (中): 具有太阳能阵列的分段飞机机翼
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Application No.: US13276750Application Date: 2011-10-19
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Publication No.: US09156559B2Publication Date: 2015-10-13
- Inventor: Robert Erik Grip , Blaine Knight Rawdon
- Applicant: Robert Erik Grip , Blaine Knight Rawdon
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B64C3/18
- IPC: B64C3/18 ; B64C3/00 ; B64D27/24
Abstract:
An aircraft wing has a plurality of wing segments mounted on a wing spar by joints that allow relative movement between the spar and the wing segments. Tuning of coefficients of thermal expansion is employed to reduce induced stresses from changes in temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130099063A1 Segmented Aircraft Wing Having Solar Arrays Public/Granted day:2013-04-25
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