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US 10,329,010 B2Granted
Aircraft wing comprising a controllable-attack wing tip
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsOlivier Cazals, Thierry Druot
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Abstract
An aircraft wing, including a main part and a wing tip mounted mobile in attack relative to the main part.
Claims15
An aircraft wing comprising:
- a main part,
- a wing tip mounted mobile in attack relative to the main part, and
- a junction device between the wing tip and the main part of the wing, the junction device being configured to allow rotation of the wing tip relative to the main part about a first rotation axis enabling control in attack of the wing tip, and to allow rotation of the wing tip relative to the main part about a second rotation axis enabling the wing tip to be folded to raise the wing tip,
- wherein the wing tip is mounted mobile in attack relative to the main part in accordance with a limited pivot amplitude about the first axis of rotation, wherein said limited pivot amplitude is capable of pivoting in a range of angles between 15° and −90°.
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An aircraft comprising at least one wing, the aircraft wing comprising:
- a main part,
- a wing tip mounted mobile in attack relative to the main part, and
- a junction device between the wing tip and the main part of the wing, the junction device being configured to allow rotation of the wing tip relative to the main part about a first rotation axis enabling control in attack of the wing tip via a first actuator in the wing tip, and to allow rotation of the wing tip relative to the main part about a second rotation axis enabling the wing tip to be folded to raise the wing tip via a second actuator,
- wherein the second actuator is located between the first actuator and the main part.
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A method of controlling an aircraft wing, the wing comprising:
- a main part,
- a wing tip mounted mobile in attack relative to the main part, and
- a junction device between the wing tip and the main part of the wing, the junction device being configured to allow rotation of the wing tip relative to the main part about a first rotation axis enabling control in attack of the wing tip via a first actuator, and to allow rotation of the wing tip relative to the main part about a second rotation axis enabling the wing tip to be folded to raise the wing tip via a second actuator, wherein the second actuator is located between the first actuator and the main part, and,
- the method comprising the step of controlling the wing tip in attack relative to the main part of the wing as a function of at least one flight parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.