Patent ID: 11958597
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A wing assembly comprising:
a wing, and
a wing tip device at a tip of the wing curving upwardly from the tip of the wing as the wing tip device extends outboard of the wing,
wherein the wing tip device includes a front spar, a rear spar, and a cross-brace spar linking the front spar to the rear spar,
wherein the cross-brace spar is oblique to the front spar and the rear spar,
wherein the cross-brace spar includes an inboard end proximate one of the rear spar and the front spar, the cross-brace spar has a longitudinal axis extending from the inboard end to an outboard end, and the outboard end is proximate another of the front spar and the rear spar,
wherein the longitudinal axis of the cross-brace spar curves in an upward direction as the cross-brace spar extends from the inboard end to the outboard end, and
wherein the cross-brace spar twists about the longitudinal axis as the cross-brace spar extends from the inboard end to the outboard end, or the longitudinal axis of the cross-brace spar curves in a fore-aft direction as the cross-brace spar extends from the inboard end to the outboard end.