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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Philip Wright, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aircraft () including a wing (), the wing having an inner region () and an outer region (), the inner and outer regions () being connected by a hinge () defining a hinge line about which the outer region () is foldable to reduce the span of the wing. The aircraft () includes an actuator () arranged to actuate the folding of the outer region () of the wing with an actuation force. The wing () is braced by an external strut structure () for transferring some of the wing loadings in the outer region () of the wing away from the inner region of the wing (). The actuator () is arranged to exert the actuation force via the strut structure ().