The Boeing Company

The Boenig Company

Keily Madison Gleason-Chapell

Mark Steven Good

Paul Dees

An apparatus for shortening a wingspan of an aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first bracket and a second bracket extending from a wingtip of the aircraft, and a motor coupled to a fixed wing of the aircraft. A first outboard link is rotatably coupled to the first bracket and to the motor, and a second outboard link is rotatably coupled to the second bracket and to the motor. A first inboard link is rotatably coupled to the first bracket and to the fixed wing, and a second inboard link is rotatably coupled to the second bracket and to the fixed wing. The motor is configured to rotate the first outboard link and the second outboard link to move the wingtip between an extended position and a stowed position.

Shortening wingspan of an aircraft

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for shortening a wingspan of an aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first track affixed to a fixed wing of the aircraft. A first roller assembly is affixed to a wingtip of the aircraft, with the first roller assembly moveably captured within the first track. A second track is also affixed to the fixed wing. A second roller assembly is affixed to the wingtip and is moveably captured within the second track. A wingtip actuation assembly is configured to translate the first roller assembly within the first track and the second roller assembly within the second track to move the wingtip between an extended position and a stowed position under the fixed wing.

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Keily Madison Gleason-Chapell