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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark S. Good, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Paul Walker, Arlington, WA (US);
Matthew A. Lassen, Seattle, WA (US);
Quentin T. Pietersen, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2013.01); Y02T 50/145 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32254 (2015.01);
Abstract
A folding wing comprises a fixed section, a folding section, and a latch system for latching the folding section to the fixed section. The latch system includes a plurality of latch pins, and a corresponding plurality of non-backdriveable mechanical actuators for extending the latch pins to engage the folding section.