An apparatus and method of a wing fold system may include a latch assembly (802) rotating an unfixed portion (808) of a wing, with respect to a fixed portion (810) of the wing, between a flight position (figure 8a) of the wing and a folded position (figure 8b) of the wing. A first portion of the wing may hold a rotating portion (806) of the latch assembly. A second portion of the wing may hold a secured portion (814) of the latch assembly. The rotating portion of the latch assembly may rotate between an open position and a closed position. A slot in the rotating portion may receive the secured portion of the latch assembly. A securing portion (820) of the rotating portion (806) may secure a secured portion (814) of the latch assembly. The latch assembly may prevent rotation of the second portion when the wing may be in the flight position.
Wing fold system rotating latch
Rotationsverriegelung für Flügelanklappsystem
Loquet rotatif de système de pliage d'aile
2019-04-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |