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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2022
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Kevin R. Tsai, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/18 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 13/28 (2006.01); B64C 25/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/18 (2013.01); B64C 3/187 (2013.01); B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64C 13/28 (2013.01); B64C 25/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Wing assemblies () comprise one or more wing support structures (), an inboard-most flap (), one or more flap supports () that operatively couple the inboard-most flap () to the one or more wing support structures (), and one or more flap actuators () configured to operatively move the inboard-most flap () relative to the one or more flap supports (). The flap support(s) () comprise at least an inboard-most inboard-flap support (), the flap actuator(s) () comprise at least an inboard-most inboard-flap actuator () that is outboard of the inboard edge () of the inboard-most flap (), and the inboard-most inboard-flap actuator () is spaced-away from the inboard-most inboard-flap support ().


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