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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew S. Elenbaas, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Renato Felicio, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Eric Gruner, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric S. Kamila, Edmonds, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A folding wing hinge for a wing having a fixed wing portion and a folding wing portion, the folding wing hinge including a hinge pin including a hinge pin spline and having a first longitudinal axis, an input fitting coupled to one of the fixed wing portion and the folding wing portion, the input fitting including an input fitting spline and a second longitudinal axis, and a spline coupling member having a coupling spline configured to couple with the hinge pin spline and the input fitting spline so that the first longitudinal axis moves relative to the second longitudinal axis by a first predetermined amount of movement.