An aircraft (2) including a wing (1), the wing (1) comprising a fixed wing (3) and a wing tip device (4) that is rotatable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration, the wing having a rotational joint (101) that rotatably couples the wing tip device (4) to the fixed wing (3), the rotational joint having an outer race (8) and an inner race (9), one of which is rotationally fixed relative to the wing tip device (4), to rotate about a rotational axis (B), and the other of which is rotationally fixed relative to the fixed wing (3), a rotational drive member (70) and the race that is rotationally fixed relative to the wing tip device (4) each being provided with a coupling section (110, 111, 114), the coupling sections being coupled to each other by a coupling member (119), that is received in a bore (112, 113) in one of the coupling sections, such that rotation of the drive member (70) rotates the race that is rotationally fixed relative to the wing tip device, to rotate the wing tip device (4) from one configuration to the other, wherein the coupling member (119) is mounted in the bore such that it is movable radially within the bore.
ROTATIONAL JOINT FOR AN AIRCRAFT FOLDING WING
2017-12-14
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |