The Boeing Company

Daniel E McGinty

Ian C Burford

Jan A Kordel

Richard Bruce Tanner

Eric Sean Kamila

Eric G Gruner

Victor A Munsen

Bruce Robert Fox

Eric Dwight Blohm

David Douglas Boes

Renato S Felicio

Warren H Steyaert

Matthew Scott Elenbaas

Scott N Rampton

Ryan A Fear

James M Kelly

Miles O Johnson

Hinge pins for foldable aircraft wings are described. An example apparatus includes a hinge pin to rotatably couple a foldable tip of an aircraft wing to a fixed structure of the aircraft wing. The hinge pin includes a first flange, a second flange spaced apart from the first flange along a central axis of the hinge pin, and a through hole oriented along the central axis.

Hinge pins for foldable aircraft wings

Aircraft wing assemblies having both composite and metal panels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wing assembly includes a support structure, an upper panel assembly formed from a metal material and coupled to the support structure, and a lower panel assembly formed from a composite material and coupled to the support structure. The metal material may be aluminum, titanium, or any other suitable metal, and the composite material may be a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) material or other suitable composite material. In another embodiment, the upper panel assembly includes a downwardly depending first web portion, and the lower panel assembly includes an upwardly depending second web portion, the second web portion being proximate the first web portion, and an interface member of an isolating material is disposed between the first and second web portions.

Aircraft wing composed of composite and metal panels

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Snohomish, WA, United States of America

Daniel E McGinty