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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Ciaran O'Rourke, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aircraft () including a fixed wing () and a wing tip device () moveably mounted thereon. The wing tip device () is movable from a load-alleviating configuration to a flight configuration. The wing tip device includes an airflow channel () extending between respective apertures () on the upper surface and lower surface of the wing tip device. The channel () is configurable between an open state in which air can flow through the channel and a closed state in which the airflow through the channel (), via the apertures (), is blocked. The channel () is configured such that when the wing tip device () is in the load-alleviating configuration and the channel () is in the open state, the aerodynamic loading on the wing tip device in flight urges the wing tip device towards the flight configuration.