Airframe attachments
AssigneeSkydio, Inc.
InventorsThomas Skyler Sartorius, Calder Richmond Hughes, Julian Rene Alvarez, Sean David-Andrew Belardo
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Abstract
Disclosed here are airframe component assemblies including example embodiments with a root connected to an aircraft fuselage, a free section with a connection portion with holes, a slidable attachment section formed to fit between the root and the free section, and an elastomeric retention device coupled to the root and the slidable attachment section, the elastomeric retention device configured to exert a force to pull the slidable attachment toward the root.
Claims20
A wing assembly, comprising:
- a wing root connected to an aircraft fuselage, the wing root having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a protrusion forming a cut out space, the protrusion having at least two holes;
- a free wing section with a bracket, the bracket formed to fit into the wing root cut out space, the free wing section bracket including at least two holes;
- a slidable wing attachment section formed to fit between the wing root and the free wing section;
- an elastomeric retention device coupled to the wing root and the slidable wing attachment section, the elastomeric retention device configured to exert a force to pull the slidable wing attachment section toward the wing root;
- wherein the slidable wing attachment section includes at least one rigid engagement member configured to engage the at least two holes of the wing root and the at least two holes of the free wing section bracket;
- wherein the bracket includes a cam surface configured to engage a guide member of the slidable wing attachment section during insertion of the bracket into the cut out space;
- and
- wherein engagement of the cam surface with the guide member displaces the slidable wing attachment section away from a locking position against the force of the elastomeric retention device during insertion of the bracket into the cut out space.
A wing assembly comprising:
- a wing root defining a cavity;
- a free wing section including a bracket receivable within the cavity;
- a slidable locking member disposed within the cavity;
- a plurality of rigid engagement members coupled to the slidable locking member;
- a biasing member configured to bias the slidable locking member toward a locking position;
- wherein insertion of the bracket into the cavity causes a cam surface of the bracket to engage a guide member of the slidable locking member and translate the slidable locking member away from the locking position.
An aircraft wing connection system comprising:
- a first wing portion;
- a second wing portion;
- a translational locking block positioned between the first and second wing portions;
- at least one rigid locking member coupled to the translational locking block;
- a biasing device configured to bias the translational locking block toward a locked configuration;
- wherein engagement of a wedge-shaped surface on the second wing portion with a guide feature on the translational locking block displaces the translational locking block against the biasing device during assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.