Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft wing comprising a mobile leading edge flap guided by a device located at the front of a wing box
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Application No.: US17057948Application Date: 2019-05-24
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Publication No.: US11433988B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Xavier Godfroid
- Applicant: SONACA S.A.
- Applicant Address: BE Gosselies
- Assignee: SONACA S.A.
- Current Assignee: SONACA S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: BE Gosselies
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: BE2018/5348 20180529
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/063430 WO 20190524
- International Announcement: WO2019/228917 WO 20191205
- Main IPC: B64C9/22
- IPC: B64C9/22 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C9/02

Abstract:
An aircraft wing including a mobile leading edge flap associated with a guiding device arranged at the front of a front spar of a wing box, and including: —a pivoting member having one end connected to the spar by an articulated linkage; —a pivoting member connected to one end of the member by an articulated linkage, the end of this member being connected to the flap via an articulated linkage; —a guide rail receiving a tracking member supported by the member, the rail defining a path inscribed on the surface of an imaginary sphere, the centre of which corresponds to a point of convergence of the axes of the three linkages.
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