The Boeing Company

Jaime E Baraja

Kim A Linton

Hsi-Yung T Wu

Benjamin A Harber

James P Dobberfuhl

Norman Henry Princen

An example aircraft wing includes a skin, a composite shear tie, a stringer base charge overlaying the skin, and a stringer overlaying the stringer base charge. The composite shear tie includes a shear-tie web, a first shear-tie flange extending from a first side of the shear-tie web, a second shear-tie flange extending from a second side of the shear-tie web, and a first shear-tie tab extending from an end of the first side of the shear-tie web. The stringer includes a stringer web, a first stringer flange extending from a first side of the stringer web, and a second stringer flange extending from a second side of the stringer web. The first stringer flange is stitched to and integrated with the stringer base charge and the skin. Further, the first shear-tie flange is stitched to and integrated with the first stringer flange.

Shear ties for aircraft wing

An example aircraft wing includes a first skin, a second skin opposite to the first skin, and a composite spar. The composite spar includes a double-flanged spar cap, a single-flanged spar cap, a spar web connecting the double-flanged spar cap and the single-flanged spar cap, and a tear strap. The double-flanged spar cap includes an inward-facing flange and a first outward-facing flange, and the inward-facing flange and the first outward-facing flange are integrated with the first skin during a co-curing process. The single-flanged spar cap includes a second outward-facing flange that is attached to the second skin. The tear strap is stitched to an inner side of the spar web along at least a portion of a length of the composite spar.

Composite spar for aircraft wing

Described herein is vehicle comprising a body. The vehicle also comprises a cargo door assembly, coupled to the body. The cargo door assembly comprises a first door, movable, relative to the body, between a first closed position and a first open position. The cargo door assembly also comprises a first aerodynamics control surface, coupled to the first door and selectively movable relative to the first door. The preceding subject matter of this paragraph characterizes example 1 of the present disclosure.

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San Pedro, CA, United States of America

Jaime E Baraja