Patent ID: 8157206

Claim:
A wing-fold assembly for use in aircraft that provides for relative movement of a first wing section about a second wing section that when in a deployed configuration form a wing having a first axis spanning from a wing tip associated with the first wing section to a wing root associated with the second wing section, the wing-fold assembly comprising: a first device interposed between and rotationally coupling the first wing section to the second wing section wherein the first device rotates the first wing section at a point of rotation about the first axis of the wing relative to the second wing section; and a second device operable to pivot the first wing section about a second axis responsive to the first device rotating the first wing section about the first axis, the second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis and wherein loading of the first wing section as result of in-flight aerodynamic forces in the deployed configuration is conveyed to the second wing section independent of the first device and independent of the second device by a plurality of spar pins at the point of rotation substantially perpendicular to the first axis.