Patent ID: 11945578
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage;
a fixed wing portion extending from the fuselage, the fixed wing portion including an outboard rib adjacent a trailing edge section of the fixed wing portion, the outboard rib having an outboard top flange, the fixed wing portion including a rub strip coupled to a bottom side of the outboard top flange via one or more first fasteners extending through the nib strip and the outboard top flange of the outboard rib; and
a wing tip rotatably coupled to the fixed wing portion, the wing tip moveable between an extended position and a folded position, the wing tip including:
an inboard rib in a trailing edge section of the wing tip; and
a stop plate coupled to the inboard rib, the stop plate extending inboard from the inboard rib such that when the wing tip is in the extended position, the stop plate overlaps with the outboard top flange of the outboard rib in a vertical direction to limit upward deflection of the trailing edge section of the wing tip.