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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Ltd., Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
William Tulloch, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/28 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/28 (2013.01); B64C 7/00 (2013.01); B64C 9/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 3/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft wing including a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, a forward spar and a rear spar. A leading edge of a trailing edge panel is attached to the wingbox. A support structure is attached to the wingbox. A kinked link includes a first arm, a second arm, and a corner where the first and second arms meet. The first arm of the kinked link is pivotally attached to the trailing edge panel at a first pivot joint, and the second arm of the kinked link is pivotally attached to the support structure at a second pivot joint.