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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Christopher Stanley, Ballwin, MO (US);
John Hershey Fogarty, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2006.01); F42B 10/14 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); F42B 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); F42B 10/14 (2013.01); B64C 2201/102 (2013.01); F42B 15/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A airborne vehicle comprising a fuselage, a folding wing-like structure which is movable from a stowed position to a deployed position, and a hinge mechanism which couples the folding wing-like structure to the fuselage in a manner so that the folding wing-like structure displaces and rotates during movement from the stowed position to the deployed position. The hinge mechanism is housed within an outer mold line of the fuselage and folding wing-like structure to decrease the signature of the airborne vehicle.