Patent ID: 11440638

Abstract:
A wing (3) for an aircraft (1) including a fixed wing (5), a foldable wing tip portion (9) mounted to the fixed wing (5) via a first hinge (11) rotatable about a first hinge axis (13) between an extended position (15) and a folded position (17), and an actuation unit (19) arranged at the fixed wing (5) and coupled to the foldable wing tip portion (9) via a linkage (21) including a first link element (23) and a second link element (25), wherein the first link element (23) is mounted to a rotatable output (27) of the actuation unit (19) and is rotatably coupled to the second link element (25) via a second hinge (29), and wherein the second link element (25) is rotatably coupled to the foldable wing tip portion (9) via a third hinge (31).