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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Stefan Napier, Bristol, GB;
Robert Hart, Bristol, GB;
Matthew Harding, Bristol, GB;
Nick Livings, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aircraft including a winghaving a fixed wingand a swing wing tip devicepivotably mounted about a pivotat the tip of the fixed wing, wherein the swing wing tip deviceis configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, where the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. The swing wing tip deviceincludes a receiving portionarranged such that in the ground configuration, portions of the upper wing skin and lower wing skin of the fixed wing which are exposed in the flight configuration are at least partially received within the receiving portionof the swing wing