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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Bruce Robert Fox, Everett, WA (US);
Inventor:
Bruce Robert Fox, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2006.01); B64C 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 (2013.01); B64C 3/42 (2013.01); Y02T 50/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wing includes a wing tip hinged to a main wing section. The wing tip includes a stub spar extending past an end of the wing tip. When the wing tip is extended, the stub spar extends into the main wing section to react a moment load across a length of the stub spar.