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US 11,691,714 B2Granted
Folding beam for swinging wing
AssigneeTudor Crossfelt, LP
InventorSamuel Hall Bousfield
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Abstract
Some embodiments described herein relate to a wing that is coupled to a body of a vehicle and configured to rotate forward from a deployed configuration, in which the wing extends from the body to a retracted configuration in which a tip portion of the wing is closer to a nose portion of the body than a root portion of the wing is to the nose portion. A hinged beam having a first portion pivotably coupled to a second portion is configured to transmit loads associated with flight from the wing to the body.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a body;
- a wing coupled to the body, wherein the wing is configured to pivot forward from a deployed configuration, in which the wing extends from the body, to a retracted configuration;
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- a beam configured to transmit loads associated with flight from the wing to the body, a first portion of the beam pivotably coupled to a second portion of the beam.
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An apparatus, comprising;
- a body having a frame;
- a wing coupled to the body, wherein the wing is configured to pivot forward from a deployed configuration, in which the wing extends away from the body, to a retracted configuration;
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- a linkage coupling the wing to the body, wherein the linkage comprises:
- a hinge arm, wherein the hinge arm is fixedly coupled to the wing and rotatably coupled to the frame;
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- a beam, wherein the beam has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the beam is rotatably coupled to the frame and the second portion of the beam, and the second portion of the beam is rotatably coupled to the first portion of the beam and the wing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.