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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Michael Chih-Huan Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Elizabeth Rose Benson, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Patrick Alan Woodard, Bothell, WA (US);
Mark Melvin Bleazard, Pasco, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
An airfoil coupling system includes plural airfoil coupling structures, each of which includes a body having a horizontal flange with a first coupling interface that is coupled with panels of an airfoil of an aircraft. The first coupling interface extends between first and second ends in a first direction, and between third and fourth ends in a second direction. The body also includes a vertical flange having a mating end that is coupled with the horizontal flange. The vertical flange includes a second coupling interface that is coupled with a rib of the airfoil. The second coupling interface extends between fifth and sixth ends in the second direction, and between mating and free ends in a third direction. Each of the airfoil coupling structures are disposed at different locations along a length of the rib between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the rib.