The Boeing Company

Paul W Dees

Kevin Matthew Retz

Paul E Mikulencak

Chris B Kettering

Blake Emery

Mark E Eatkins

Seiya Sakurai

Jan A Kordel

Neal Van Huynh

Steven Paul Walker

Stephen T Brown

Douglas S Lacy

Kevin W Beyer

Clayton A Prow

Robert Erik Grip

Mark Steven Good

Mithra M Sankrithi

Gregory M Santini

Stephen John Fox

Gerhard E Seidel

Neal A Harrison

Matthew August Lassen

Bret Alan Bowers

Chester P Nelson

Bruce R Detert

Eric Sean Kamila

Eric Evin Adamson

Eric G Gruner

Eric Dwight Blohm

Bruce Robert Fox

Keith Townsend

William M Sampedro-Thompson

David Douglas Boes

Rickie Hansken

Thomas A Zierten

Matthew Scott Elenbaas

Charuhas M Soman

Mark John Herzberg

Mithra Mkv Sankrithi

Michael J Irish

Stephen J Fox

Edward W Gronenthal

V Kenneth Stuhr

Alan C Simonini

Jeffrey Michael Olds

Theodore K Rothaupt

Walter H Howard, Jr

Michael Addington

Mark S Good

Matthew A Lassen

Neal V Huynh

Charuhas Soman

Kenneth V Stuhr

Apparatus and articles of manufacture are disclosed of an aircraft comprising: a brace to support a wing of the aircraft, the brace including a first end coupled to the wing and a second end coupled to a fuselage of the aircraft, the brace including: a strut extending between the first end and the second end; and an airfoil having a cavity containing the strut.

Transonic aircraft with tension-based wing support

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

Foldable raked wing tips having aerodynamic devices are disclosed. A disclosed example wing for use with an aircraft includes a fixed portion, and a folding portion proximate a distal end of the wing. The folding portion includes a raked surface. The wing also includes at least one of a feather or a winglet, and a hinge operatively coupled between the fixed and folding portions to enable the folding portion to fold relative to the fixed portion.

Foldable raked wing tips having aerodynamic devices

A wing assembly comprises a raked wing tip having an outboard portion hinged to one of a main wing having at least one moveable control surface and an inboard raked wing tip portion. The outboard portion of the raked wing tip does not carry any moveable flight control surfaces.

Hinged raked wing tip

Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices with non-parallel motion paths, and associated methods are disclosed. A device in accordance with one embodiment includes a wing and an inboard trailing edge device coupled to the wing and movable relative to the wing between a first stowed position and a first deployed position along a first motion path. An outboard trailing edge device can be coupled to the wing outboard of the inboard trailing edge device, and can be movable relative to the wing along a second motion path that is non-parallel to the first motion path. An intermediate trailing edge device can be coupled between the inboard and outboard trailing edge devices and can be movable along a third motion path that is non-parallel to both the first and second motion paths. Each of the trailing edge devices can open a gap relative to the wing when moved to their respective deployed positions.

Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices with non-parallel motion paths, and associated methods

Crown line and window configuration for a jet airplane

Nose, tail and wing tips for a jet airplane

Integrated high-speed aircraft, such as high-speed transport aircraft, and associated methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, a high-speed transport aircraft includes a fuselage having a first fuselage portion and a second fuselage portion positioned aft of the first fuselage portion. The first fuselage portion can have a first cross-sectional area and the second fuselage portion can have a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area. The high-speed transport aircraft can further include a wing and a propulsion system. The wing can extend outwardly from the fuselage at least proximate to the second fuselage portion and can include a leading edge region and a trailing edge region. The propulsion system can include an engine nacelle fixedly attached to the wing and laterally aligned with the second fuselage portion. In one aspect of this embodiment, the engine nacelle can include an air inlet positioned aft of the leading edge region of the wing and an exhaust gas outlet positioned aft of the trailing edge region of the wing.

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Woodinville, WA, United States of America

Paul W Dees