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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2025
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Steven S. Heer, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Ramón A. Burin, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Samuel L. Block, Bothell, WA (US);
Kyle S. Wydock, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Wing assemblies comprise a slat, wing support structures, and a gap-adjustment assembly configured to permit selective adjustment of the slat relative to the wing support structures. The gap-adjustment assembly comprises a track member and an adjustment member. The track member is pivotally coupled relative to the wing support structures about a track-member axis, the slat is operatively translationally coupled to the track member, and the track member is configured to constrain translation of the slat between a stowed position and a deployed position. The adjustment member is pivotally coupled relative to the wing support structures about an adjustment-member axis and pivotally coupled to the track member about a linkage axis. The adjustment member is configured to permit selective adjustment of a direct distance between the adjustment-member axis and the linkage axis.