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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Neil John Lyons, Bristol, GB;

Ben Commis, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 9/14 (2006.01); B64C 9/16 (2006.01); B64C 9/18 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/076 (2017.05); B64C 9/14 (2013.01); B64C 9/16 (2013.01); B64C 9/18 (2013.01); B64C 23/065 (2013.01); B64C 2009/005 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
Abstract

An aircraft wing is disclosed having a root end, a tip end, a span extending between the root end and the tip end, a leading edge, a trailing edge and a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and including a main fixed wing portion having an inboard portion adjacent the root end, and an outboard portion adjacent the tip end. A wing tip device attached to the tip end of the wing; and a movable flight control surface connected at the outboard portion of the main fixed wing portion and having a leading edge, a trailing edge and a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. A ratio of the local chord length of the movable flight control surface to the local chord length of the wing varies in the spanwise direction.


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