Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control surface for an aircraft and control structure for an aircraft with anti-flutter balance weight
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Application No.: US17081318Application Date: 2020-10-27
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Publication No.: US11407492B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Alberto Balsa-Gonzalez , Miguel Ángel Mendez Rodriguez , Robert Kobierecki , Juan Antonio Sánchez Ruiz
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.U.
- Applicant Address: ES Madrid
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.U.
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.U.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Madrid
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: EP19382940 20191029
- Main IPC: B64C9/30
- IPC: B64C9/30 ; B64C5/02 ; B64C5/06
Abstract:
A leading edge (3) of a control surface (1) for an aircraft includes a balance weight (6) attached to the forward-most region of the leading edge (3). The control surface (1) rotates with respect to the stabilizer (2) around a hinge line (5). The balance weight (6) is ahead of and adjacent to the most frontal portion (7) of the leading edge (3) of the control surface (1) are is inside the trailing edge of the stabilizer (2). This arrangement allows to have an anti-flutter balance weight without any impact in aerodynamic drag.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210122459A1 CONTROL SURFACE FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND CONTROL STRUCTURE FOR AN AIRCRAFT WITH ANTI-FLUTTER BALANCE WEIGHT Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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