The Boeing Company

Mark John Herzberg

Keith Townsend

Eric Dwight Blohm

Charuhas M Soman

Steven Paul Walker

Richard Bruce Tanner

Paul W Dees

Eric Sean Kamila

Eric G Gruner

David Douglas Boes

Rickie Hansken

Matthew Scott Elenbaas

Jeffrey Michael Olds

Michael Addington

Ralph E Hardin

Charuhas Soman

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

Disclosed herein is a seal assembly for sealing a gap between a first component and a second component is disclosed. The second component is movable relative to the first component. The seal assembly includes a rub strip and a seal strip. The rub strip includes a seal strip engagement surface having a convex shape. Additionally, the rub strip includes a first component engagement surface that is opposite the seal strip engagement surface and has a concave shape. The seal strip includes a rub strip engagement surface having a convex shape. Furthermore, the seal strip includes a second component engagement surface that is opposite the rub strip engagement surface and has a concave shape. The seal strip engagement surface is harder than the rub strip engagement surface.

Seal assembly for sealing relatively movable components

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Mark John Herzberg