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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Aviation Partners, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Louis B. Gratzer, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Aviation Partners, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 11/18 (2006.01); B64C 27/46 (2006.01); B64C 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/069 (2017.05); B64C 3/10 (2013.01); B64C 11/18 (2013.01); B64C 27/463 (2013.01); Y02T 50/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wing tip designed for attachment to a winglet of an aircraft, the winglet coupled to a wing of the aircraft and having a leading edge and a trailing edge continuously transitioning from a leading edge and trailing edge of the wing. The wing tip may include a curved leading edge from the winglet leading edge to a leading end point, a curved trailing edge from a winglet trailing edge to a trailing end point, and an end segment connecting the leading end point and the trailing end point. The end segment may be swept back from the trailing end point to the leading end point at an end segment angle.