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Wing tip device

US11738857B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Ben Commis · Bristol, GB
Christopher Wright · Bristol, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2022
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wing tip device having a first wing tip device element for attaching at a first wing tip device element root to a tip of an aircraft wing, and a second wing tip device element extending from a second wing tip device element root to a second wing tip device element tip, the second wing tip device element root outboard, when viewed in the wing planform direction, of the first wing tip device element root; the first wing tip device element having a first wing tip device element leading edge and a first wing tip device element trailing edge, and the second wing tip device element having a second wing tip device element leading edge and a second wing tip device element trailing edge; and a fairing between the first and second wing tip device element which extends aft from the second wing tip device element trailing edge.

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