Wing tip mechanism
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorJames Graham KIRK
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AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorJames Graham KIRK
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The invention provides an aircraft wing with a wing tip device movable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations. In the ground configuration the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. A hinge arrangement connects the fixed wing and the wing tip device. The hinge arrangement comprises a plurality of fixed wing interface rings, a plurality of wing tip device interface rings, and a geared rotary actuator (GRA) partially located within the fixed wing interface rings and wing tip device interface rings. The GRA is arranged to drive the wing tip device interface rings to move the wing tip device between the flight configuration and ground configuration.
An aircraft wing, the aircraft wing comprising a fixed wing and a wing tip device at the tip thereof, wherein the wing tip device is configurable between:
A hinge arrangement for connecting a fixed wing and a wing tip device, wherein the hinge arrangement comprises
A geared rotary actuator (GRA) comprising a fixed GRA ring and a rotatable GRA ring, the actuator configured to drive rotational movement between the fixed GRA ring and rotatable GRA ring, both the fixed GRA ring and rotatable GRA ring comprising a splined or toothed outer surface.
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