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Wing tip pod

US9884677B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Robert Northam · Bristol, GB
Neil John Lyons · Bristol, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2012
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

A natural-laminar-flow swept transonic wing fitted with a wing tip pod for controlling the location of a wing shock in the wing tip region, such that the shock extends outboard substantially up to the wing tip without substantially sweeping forward toward the wing tip leading edge.

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