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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Forouzan Behzadpour, Woodinville, WA (US);
Daniel M. Levine, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A wing assembly include at least one fuel tank having a tank outboard end. In addition, the wing assembly includes a stout wing rib located proximate the tank outboard end and extending between a front spar and a rear spar. The wing assembly also includes at least one outboard wing rib located outboard of the stout wing rib and defining an outboard wing bay. The wing assembly also includes an upper skin panel and a lower skin panel each coupled to the front spar, the rear spar, the stout wing rib, and the outboard wing rib. A plurality of bead stiffeners are coupled to the upper skin panel and/or the lower skin panel and are spaced apart from each other within the outboard wing bay.