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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jordan Charles, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/00 (2006.01); B64C 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/182 (2013.01); B64F 5/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wing structure for use with an aircraft is provided. The wing structure includes at least one wing section including an inboard portion, an outboard portion angled rearward from said inboard portion, and at least one stringer including a curved portion that extends across an interface defined between the inboard portion and the outboard portion. The curved portion has a radial curvature such that the at least one stringer extends continuously along the inboard portion and the outboard portion.