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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Gregory Pomrehn, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Tsai, Redmond, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft wing includes a wing root having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a distal end. The wing also includes a wing tip and a wing-tip hinge that pivotally couples the wing tip to the wing root and defines a wing-tip axis that is perpendicular to a folding plane. The wing tip is pivotable about the wing-tip axis, within the folding plane, between, and inclusive of, an extended position and a retracted position, relative to the wing root. When in the extended position, the leading edge of the wing tip extends from the leading edge of the wing root in a spanwise direction of the wing root. When in the retracted position, the leading edge of the wing tip extends from the leading edge of the wing root in a chordwise direction of the wing root.