Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Assemblies and methods for deploying a trailing edge flap of an aircraft
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Application No.: US16312336Application Date: 2017-06-27
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Publication No.: US11292582B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Dmitry Budnitsky , Howard Ian Smith , Thomas Hanson
- Applicant: BOMBARDIER INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Dorval
- Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
- Current Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Dorval
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/039557 WO 20170627
- International Announcement: WO2018/005534 WO 20180104
- Main IPC: B64C9/16
- IPC: B64C9/16 ; B64C9/02

Abstract:
Trailing edge assemblies, couplers and methods for deploying a trailing edge flap of an aircraft wing are disclosed. An exemplary method disclosed herein comprises guiding an aft portion of the trailing edge flap (28) along an elongated track member (36C) as the trailing edge flap (28) moves toward the deployed position; guiding a forward portion of the trailing edge flap (28) along the elongated track member (36C) as the trailing edge flap (28) moves toward the deployed position; and accommodating transverse movement of the forward portion of the trailing edge flap (28) relative to the elongated track member (36C).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190233081A1 ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILING EDGE FLAP OF AN AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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