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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Christian Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A latching device for a wing () including a base () and a tip section (). There is a first bore () extending from the base section () and a second bore () extending from the tip section () wherein the bores are aligned when the tip section is deployed for flight and out of alignment when the tip section () is folded. The latching device () includes a housing () with an interior cavity (), a spindle () in the interior cavity, a nut () threaded on the spindle, wherein rotation of the spindle causes; a latching bolt () coupled to the nut () and being moved as the nut moves along the rotating spindle between retracted and extended positions; a guide () to guide the nut () along the spindle and of the latching bolt between the retracted position and the extended position, and a latch actuator ().