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Pivot fittings back up beam architecture

US11260951B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Joel Joseph · Mill Creek, US
Max Tyler Breedlove · Leisure World, US
Bernhard Dopker · Bellevue, US
Paul Diep · Bothell, US
Steven E. Pearson · Lynnwood, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2020
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C2001/0081
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle, such as an aircraft, structural architecture for supporting a horizontal stabilizer with a back up beam having an upper longeron fitting connected to the front side and secured with a back up fitting on the back side, a lower longeron fitting connected to the front side and secured with a back up fitting on the back side, and a pivot fitting connected to the front side of the first back up beam in between the upper longeron fitting and the lower longeron fitting and secured with a third back up fitting on the back side of the back up beam.

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