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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Eric S. Kamila, Edmonds, WA (US);
Eric G. Gruner, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Stop pads for aircraft folding wing tips are described herein. An example aircraft wing includes a fixed wing portion and a wing tip moveably coupled to the fixed wing portion about a hinge axis. The wing tip is moveable between an extended position and a folded position. The aircraft wing also includes a first stop pad coupled to the fixed wing portion, the first stop pad having a first contact surface, and a second stop pad coupled to the wing tip, the second stop pad having a second contact surface. The first and second contact surfaces are to engage each other when the wing tip is in the extended position. A contact plane between the first and second contact surfaces is coplanar with the hinge axis.