Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerodynamic flap support structure
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Application No.: US16018517Application Date: 2018-06-26
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Publication No.: US10850829B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Bryan Jacob Gruner
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Parsons Behle & Latimer
- Main IPC: B64C9/02
- IPC: B64C9/02 ; B64C9/16 ; B64C3/28 ; B64C3/26

Abstract:
A flap deployment apparatus and system for a wing of an aircraft that includes a support structure having a first aerodynamic surface. A nose fitting secures the support structure to a forward portion of an aircraft wing and an aft fitting secures the support structure to an aft portion of the wing. A carrier beam having a second aerodynamic surface is coupled to the support structure. The carrier beam is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. Links guide the carrier between the positions. The first and second aerodynamic surfaces are configured to define a continuous aerodynamic surface when the carrier beam is in the stowed position. The apparatus includes a nose fairing having a third aerodynamic and a mid fairing cover having a fourth aerodynamic surface. The third and fourth aerodynamic surfaces also defines the continuous aerodynamic surface when the carrier beam is in the stowed position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190389560A1 Aerodynamic Flap Support Structure Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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