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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
Benjamin Bishop, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2006.01); B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 3/38 (2006.01); B64C 3/40 (2006.01); B64C 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2013.01); B64C 3/38 (2013.01); B64C 3/40 (2013.01); B64C 3/42 (2013.01); B64C 23/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft () including a wing (), having a fixed wing () with a wing tip device () moveably mounted at the outer end thereof. The wing tip device () is moveable between: a flight configuration; and a ground configuration about an axis of rotation. The wing tip device () and the fixed wing () meet along an interfacing cut line (). The interfacing cut line () includes a curved section () cent red on the axis of rotation (), the radius of the curved section constantly increasing as the cut line passes around the axis (for example a spiral shape).