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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
William G Roeseler, Bellevue, WA (US);
Gary J Warner, Issaquah, WA (US);
Richard B Odell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244213 ; 1612 / ; 16162 ; 16169 ; 114274 ; 244215 ; 403316 ; 244131 ;
Abstract
A hinge arrangement between a lifting foil and a flap. The flap comprises a plurality of sections. Each section is mounted by one coupling restraining hinge device to the foil, the hinge device has a hinge pin that extends into a socket located in an adjacent section so that both sections are supported by the hinge. In addition, each two sections are interconnected by a shear key protruding from one section into the same socket of the adjacent section.