The Boeing Company

Jeffrey Michael Olds

Eric G Gruner

Eric Dwight Blohm

Steven Paul Walker

Paul W Dees

Eric Sean Kamila

Billy Punlap Tung

Keith Townsend

Rickie Hansken

David Douglas Boes

Charuhas M Soman

Matthew Scott Elenbaas

Mark John Herzberg

Michael Addington

Charuhas Soman

Apparatus and methods for limiting trailing edge deflection in aircraft folding wing tips are disclosed herein. An example aircraft wing disclosed herein includes a fixed wing portion. The fixed wing portion includes an outboard rib. The aircraft wing also includes a wing tip moveably coupled to the fixed wing portion. The wing tip is moveable between an extended position and a folded position. The wing tip includes an inboard rib that is disposed in a trailing edge section of the wing tip. The wing tip includes a stop plate coupled to the inboard rib. The stop plate extends inboard from the inboard rib such that when the wing tip is in the extended position, the stop plate is disposed below a portion of the outboard rib of the fixed wing portion to limit upward deflection of the trailing edge section of the wing tip relative to the fixed wing portion.

Apparatus and methods for limiting trailing edge deflection in aircraft folding wing tips

Foldable aircraft wings are disclosed. An example aircraft includes a foldable wing having a fixed wing portion, a foldable wing portion and a hinge to pivotally couple the foldable wing portion relative to the fixed wing portion. The hinge includes a wing transition portion including wing hinge ribs and wing stub ribs, respective ones of the wing hinge ribs coupled to corresponding respective ones of the wing stub ribs. The hinge also includes a tip transition portion including tip hinge ribs, where respective ends of the tip hinge ribs positioned between corresponding respective ones of the wing hinge ribs and the wing stub ribs.

Foldable aircraft wings

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Jeffrey Michael Olds