Patent ID: 9045217
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B64C,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a wing of an aircraft including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion to move between a folded position and a spread position; a first catch disposed on the first portion of the wing and a second catch disposed on the second portion of the wing, the first catch adjacent the second catch when the second portion of the wing is in the spread position; a plurality of locking bars, a first one of the locking bars disposed in the first catch, a second one of the locking bars disposed in the second catch; and an actuator operatively coupled to a third one of the locking bars, the actuator to move the third one of the locking bars when the second portion of the wing is in the spread position to cause at least two of the locking bars to be disposed in each of the first catch and the second catch to lock the second portion of the wing in the spread position.