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

Claim 8:
9. A wing assembly comprising:
a wing, and
a wing tip device at a tip of the wing extending upwardly from the tip of the wing as the wing tip device extends outboard of the wing in a spanwise direction 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 and rear spars, and
wherein the cross-brace spar extends upwardly from an inboard location proximate one of the rear spar and the front spar to an outboard location proximate another of the front spar and the rear spar,
wherein the cross-brace spar includes an inboard end and the cross-brace spar extends along a longitudinal axis to an 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.