The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Ben Commis, Bristol, GB;
Christopher Wright, Bristol, GB;
Kasidit Leoviriyakit, Bristol, GB;
Gerd Heller, Hamburg, DE;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An aircraft () including a wing () and a winglet () at the end of the wing, the winglet including: a root (); a tip (); a transition region () extending away from the root; and a wing-like region () extending from the distal end of the transition region to the tip. When the aircraft wing () is under the worst-case static loading, the tip of the winglet is located at the maximum spanwise extent of the winglet (), but when the aircraft wing () is under the no-load condition, the wing-like region () is canted inboard such that the tip () of the winglet () is located inboard of the maximum spanwise extent of the winglet.