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

Claim 8:
9. An aircraft wing comprising:
a fixed wing portion, the fixed wing portion including:
an outboard rib along an outboard side of the fixed wing portion, the outboard rib having an outboard top flange and an outboard web coupled to the outboard top flange;
a rub strip coupled to a bottom side of the outboard top flange of the outboard rib, wherein the rub strip does not extend outboard of the outboard top flange;
a wing tip moveably coupled to the fixed wing portion about a hinge axis, the wing tip moveable between an extended position and a folded position, the wing tip including:
an inboard rib along an inboard side of the wing tip, the inboard rib disposed 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 is disposed below a portion of the outboard rib of the fixed wing portion to limit upward deflection of the trailing edge section of the wing tip relative to the fixed wing portion.