Airbus Operations Gmbh

Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh

Benjamin Ehring

Florian Lorenz

Markus Gibbert

Wolfgang Machunze

Marc Hencke

A flap support for supporting a flap of a wing for an aircraft is disclosed and includes a load bearing fairing shell and a reinforcement structure at least partially received in the interior space of the fairing structure and mounted to the first and second side wall portions of the fairing shell. The fairing shell includes a front attachment device configured for attachment to a main wing, and the reinforcement structure includes an aft attachment device configured for attachment to the main wing. The flap support further includes a hinge device configured for forming an articulated connection to the flap.

Flap support for supporting a flap of a wing for an aircraft

A connection rod comprising first and second connection elements. The first element comprises a shaft, a first connector at a shaft proximal end and a piercing body at a shaft distal end. The second element comprises a hollow casing with a fluid barrier therein, which, when intact, forms first and second reactive fluid material reservoirs, both within the casing. The second connection element comprises a second proximal end connector and a distal end inlet hole to the second reservoir. The piercing body fits within the casing and the shaft slidably engages the inlet hole such that the first element slides relative to the second element. The piercing body pierces the fluid barrier such that the reactive fluid materials mix between the reservoirs and react to form a reacted solid material restraining the piercing body within the casing to prevent relative sliding between the first and the second connection elements.

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Hamburg, Germany

Benjamin Ehring