Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Actuator arrangement for a flexible control surface of an aircraft, control surface with actuator arrangement, and aircraft with flexible control surface
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Application No.: US16133102Application Date: 2018-09-17
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Publication No.: US11192635B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Marc Antonio Bentivoglio , Marco Biondini , Michael Hoeft , Henrik Luettmann , Malte Werwer , Andre Thomas
- Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Hamburg
- Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hamburg
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: DE102017216397.6 20170915
- Main IPC: B64C13/28
- IPC: B64C13/28 ; B64C3/26 ; B64C3/48
Abstract:
An actuator arrangement for an aircraft flexible control surface comprises a base and a rotary element having a joint axle articulated on the base. The actuator arrangement comprises at least two attachment struts, each having three joint axles. A first joint axle is rotatably articulated on the rotary element. A second joint axle, arranged at a first strut end, is configured to be articulated on a first control surface skin panel. A third joint axle, arranged at a second strut end, is configured to be articulated on a second control surface skin panel. The actuator arrangement also comprises at least one connecting element having one joint axle at both ends, a first joint axle being articulated on the base and a second joint axle being articulated on one of the two struts, and an actuator configured to rotate the rotary element relative to the base.
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