An aircraft comprising an aircraft wing, the aircraft wing comprises a fixed wing 14 and wing tip device 12, wherein the wing tip device is movable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration wherein in the ground configuration, the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced, the wing further comprising an actuator 18, 20, 22 to move the wing tip between configurations, and a locking device 26 that locks the actuator when the wing tip is in the ground configuration. Additionally, an aircraft wing comprises a fixed wing 14 and foldable wing tip device 12, the wing tip device is configurable via extension of an actuator18, 20, 22, between a flight configuration and a ground configuration in which the wing span is reduced below an airport gate limit, wherein the wing comprises a shot bolt assembly (30, fig 3) for selectively extending a shot bolt through an aperture associated with the actuator that locks the actuator in an extended configuration, such that the wing tip device is held in the ground or folded configuration.
Actuator locking mechanism
2019-11-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |