The Boeing Company

Perry Nicholas Rea

Kevin Matthew Retz

Andrew John Bayliss

Stephen T Brown

A single, common, fuselage and wing design of an aircraft structure provides for two different aircraft models or configurations. A fuselage () has a center section cutout area (). Each wing () has an airfoil over substantially its entire span. In one configuration (A), a center section component (), such as a wingbox, is inserted into the center section cutout and the wings are connected to opposing sides of the center section component by a side-of-body join. In another configuration (B), the wings are moved inwardly, joined to the fuselage, and also joined to each other in a centerline join at the centerline () of the aircraft wherein a portion (A) of the airfoil of each wing is then inside the fuselage. Different flaps (), spacers (), and/or different engine mount locations () may be provided for the wings for the two configurations.

Wing root insert system for an aircraft family

An apparatus and method comprising a rack and a translation mechanism. The rack may be configured to hold components. The rack may comprise movable rack segments that are movable independently of each other. The translation mechanism may be configured to move a portion of the movable rack segments relative to another portion of the movable rack segments inside a platform such that internal access to at least a portion of the components is provided inside the platform.

Translating equipment rack system

A method and apparatus for an accessible equipment rack system. A mounting frame having a set of transport elements and a translation mechanism is connected to a translating equipment rack. The translation mechanism moves the translating equipment rack to enable access to said translating equipment rack from an exterior area.

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Perry Nicholas Rea