Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft empennage
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Application No.: US15588332Application Date: 2017-05-05
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Publication No.: US10538308B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Carlos Garcia Nieto , Fernando Pereira Mosqueira , Iker Velez De Mendizabal Alonso , Enrique Guinaldo Fernandez , Francisco Javier Honorato Ruiz
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SL
- Applicant Address: ES Madrid
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Madrid
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: EP16382198 20160506
- Main IPC: B64C9/00
- IPC: B64C9/00 ; B64C5/02 ; B64C9/02

Abstract:
An aircraft aerodynamic surface (1) including a torsion box (2) having a front spar (21) and rear spar (22), a first control surface (3) including a front spar (31) and a trailing edge (32) and a second control surface (4) having a front spar (41), a trailing edge (42), and a pivot device (5, 6, 7, 8) for pivotally attaching the first control surface (3) and the second control surface (4) to the rear spar (22) of the torsion box (2), the first control surface is an inboard control surface (4) including two lateral ribs (9, 9′), six inner ribs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 10) and an inner spar (16), and the second control surface (3) is an outboard control surface which includes two lateral ribs (20, 20′), three internal ribs (17, 18, 19), two internal spars (24, 24′) and one internal spar (23).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170320561A1 AIRCRAFT EMPENNAGE Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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