Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Horizontal folding wingtip
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Application No.: US14961895Application Date: 2015-12-08
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Publication No.: US09950780B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Gregory M. Santini , Seiya Sakurai
- 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: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; B64C5/14

Abstract:
An apparatus of an aircraft, the apparatus may include a wing comprising an unfixed portion and a fixed portion. The unfixed portion movably may connect to the fixed portion. The unfixed portion may include a rotating portion to rotate the unfixed portion between a flight position and a folded position. The fixed portion may connect to the unfixed portion of the wing. A joint may allow rotation of the unfixed portion of the wing with respect to the fixed portion of the wing about a rotation axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160083074A1 Horizontal Folding Wingtip Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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