US 12,269,593 B2
Wing assemblies and aircraft
Kevin R. Tsai, Seattle, WA (US); and Tu Q. Vo, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,425.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140589 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 9/20 (2006.01); B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 9/20 (2013.01) [B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64C 25/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wing assembly for an aircraft, the wing assembly comprising:
one or more wing support structures comprising a landing gear beam configured to support a landing gear;
an inboard-most flap comprising an inboard edge and an outboard edge;
one or more flap supports that operatively couple the inboard-most flap to the one or more wing support structures, wherein the one or more flap supports comprise at least an inboard-most inboard-flap support that is outboard of the inboard edge of the inboard-most flap, and wherein the inboard-most flap is configured to move relative to the one or more flap supports between a stowed position and a range of deployed positions, wherein the inboard-most inboard-flap support is mounted to the landing gear beam;
a landing gear door configured to be selectively opened for deployment of the landing gear and closed for stowage of the landing gear; and
an inboard-most inboard-flap-support fairing operatively mounted relative to the inboard-most inboard-flap support, wherein the inboard-most inboard-flap-support fairing comprises an aft fairing-portion and a forward fairing-portion, wherein the aft fairing-portion is fixed relative to and moves with the inboard-most flap, and wherein the forward fairing-portion is fixed relative to and moves with the landing gear door.