Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Retractable infill panel for high-lift device
- Patent Title (中): 用于高升力装置的伸缩式填充板
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Application No.: US14084828Application Date: 2013-11-20
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Publication No.: US09254927B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Mark Hodkisson , James Wilson , Samuel Evans
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: GB1220854.2 20121120
- Main IPC: B64D45/00
- IPC: B64D45/00 ; B64C9/24

Abstract:
The present invention provides an aircraft assembly with a fixed structure and a high-lift device. The fixed structure has a spar, a forward part which provides a foremost edge of an aircraft wing, and a lower part which provides a lower surface of the aircraft wing. A high-lift device is downwardly movable relative to the fixed structure from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. The high-lift device has a forward part which provides a foremost edge of the aircraft wing and a lower part which provides a lower surface of the aircraft wing. Downward movement of the high-lift device causes progressive opening of a lateral gap between the lower part of the high-lift device and the lower part of the fixed structure. A retractable infill panel is arranged to progressively extend from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration to fill the lateral gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140138487A1 RETRACTABLE INFILL PANEL FOR HIGH-LIFT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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