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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2018
Applicants:

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Airbus Operations S.a.s., Toulouse, FR;

Airbus Operations Ltd., Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Saskia Dege, Hamburg, DE;

Svenja Jegminat, Hamburg, DE;

Frank Nienaber, Hamburg, DE;

Jean Guilhamet, Toulouse, FR;

Aeron Charles Jones, Bristol, GB;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2006.01); B64C 13/16 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2013.01); B64C 13/16 (2013.01); B64D 45/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method to control folding of a wing tip section about a fixed base wing section by a control system that automatically determines whether: (i) a command signal is received to fold the wing tip section, (ii) a first condition indicating signal indicates that the aircraft is on the ground; (iii) the current speed of the aircraft is no greater than a preset maximum speed, and (iv) the aircraft is not at gate in an airport.


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