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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Matthew Gionta, Tehachapi, CA (US);
James Crocoll, Mojave, CA (US);
Jon Karkow, Tehachapi, CA (US);
Paul Nicholas, Burbank, CA (US);
Scott Bledsoe, Bluffton, SC (US);
Matthew Gionta, Tehachapi, CA (US);
James Crocoll, Mojave, CA (US);
Jon Karkow, Tehachapi, CA (US);
Paul Nicholas, Burbank, CA (US);
Scott Bledsoe, Bluffton, SC (US);
Icon Aircraft, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft wing folding system folds an outboard wing section relative to an inboard wing section between a deployed position and a stored position in two discrete motions where each motion has an independent load path separate of the loading of the wing experienced by in-flight aerodynamic forces. The wing-fold mechanism of the present invention includes a fold assembly comprising a twist component and a fold component operable to fold the outboard wing section from the deployed position to the stored position that remains substantially unloaded with respect to in-flight aerodynamic forces when the wing is in the deployed or flight configuration.