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  • Trapezoidal panel pin joint allowing free deflection between fuselage and wing
    Patent number: 7546979
    Abstract: The invention is directed a trapezoidal panel pin joint for allowing deflection of an aircraft between a fuselage section and a wing section, wherein the pin joint comprises a vertical pin portion, a lug portion, and a clevis portion; wherein at least one vertical flexible tee member is positioned below the pin joint; and wherein the pin joint is coupled to at least two horizontal flexible tee members, such that the pin joint and vertical and horizontal flexible tee members, in combination, release two rotational degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Patricia W. Estell, John H. Polk