Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Segmented aircraft wing having solar arrays
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Application No.: US14880278Application Date: 2015-10-12
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Publication No.: US09950802B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Robert Erik Grip , Blaine Knight Rawdon
- 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: B64C3/18
- IPC: B64C3/18 ; B64C3/38 ; B64D27/24 ; B64C3/22 ; B64C3/26
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
- US20160318618A1 Segmented Aircraft Wing Having Solar Arrays Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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