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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Zeaid Fouad Hasan, Mesa, AZ (US);
Jeffrey F. Stulc, Seattle, WA (US);
Phillip Roger Pratt, Gilbert, AZ (US);
James A. Backlund, Jr., Bothell, WA (US);
Nickolas Scott Ellerbeck, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lyle Ray Deobald, Shoreline, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/26 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/064 (2013.01); B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64C 1/26 (2013.01); B64C 3/182 (2013.01); B64C 1/10 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1062 (2015.01);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a wing and a wing box. The wing is joined to the wing box at a side of body joint. The wing and the wing box each includes lower skin and a plurality of stringers on the skin. Ends of at least some of the stringers at the side of body joint have a web cutout and a base that is spanwise tapered to a knife edge at the skin.