18453814. FOLDING WING TIP FOR AIRCRAFT (The Boeing Company)
FOLDING WING TIP FOR AIRCRAFT
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Inventor(s)
Gregory Pomrehn of Seattle WA (US)
FOLDING WING TIP FOR AIRCRAFT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18453814 titled 'FOLDING WING TIP FOR AIRCRAFT
Original Abstract Submitted
An aircraft wing includes a wing root having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a distal end. The wing also includes a wing tip and a wing-tip hinge that pivotally couples the wing tip to the wing root and defines a wing-tip axis that is perpendicular to a folding plane. The wing tip is pivotable about the wing-tip axis, within the folding plane, between, and inclusive of, an extended position and a retracted position, relative to the wing root. When in the extended position, the leading edge of the wing tip extends from the leading edge of the wing root in a spanwise direction of the wing root. When in the retracted position, the leading edge of the wing tip extends from the leading edge of the wing root in a chordwise direction of the wing root.