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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2025
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Thomas Skyler Sartorius, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Robert E. Grip, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Eric Daniel Davidson, Long Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Height adjustment devices can temporarily and selectively adjust a height of at least a first portion of a first aircraft while the first aircraft is engaged with the height adjustment device by tilting, lifting, and/or lowering the first aircraft and/or a second, adjacent aircraft. The height adjustment device is at least partially integrated into an apron of an airport where the aircraft are located, and the height adjustment device is configured to guide the first aircraft to transition the first aircraft from an entering position to a final position. The height adjustment device may be configured to position the first aircraft in a level orientation in the final position and prevent interference with the adjacent aircraft while the first aircraft travels such that a wing of the first aircraft passes by an adjacent wing of the adjacent aircraft.