- Patent Title: Wing-tip arrangement having vortilons attached to a lower surface, and aircraft having such a wing-tip arrangement and the use of vortilons on a wing-tip arrangement
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Application No.: US15677434Application Date: 2017-08-15
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Publication No.: US10773796B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Ian Roy Whitehouse , Thomas Ehlers
- Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH , Airbus Operations Ltd.
- Applicant Address: DE Hamburg
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hamburg
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@3794272
- Main IPC: B64C23/06
- IPC: B64C23/06

Abstract:
A wing-lip arrangement couplable with a wing of an aircraft includes a connection region for coupling or integration with the wing end region, at least one tip, at least one upper surface and at least one lower surface, which extend between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the wing-tip arrangement from the connection region to the at least one tip, and at least one vortilon. The local dihedral of the wing-tip arrangement changes between the at least one tip and the connection region, such that at least a part of the wing-tip arrangement projects at an angle relative to the wing. The at least one vortilon includes a vortilon base and a vortilon tip. The vortilon base is attached to at least one of the at least one lower surface of the wing-tip arrangement. The vortilon tip faces in an upstream direction.
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