The Boeing Company

Steven S Heer

John A Baumann

David P Heck

Samuel L Block

Kenneth D Cominsky

James P Dobberfuhl

Michael P Shemkunas

Eric Erwin Thomas

Matthew D Uhlman

Burke L Reichlinger

Benjamin D Smith

Ramón A Burin

Wing assemblies comprise a slat, wing support structures, and a gap-adjustment assembly configured to permit selective adjustment of the slat relative to the wing support structures. The gap-adjustment assembly comprises a track member and an adjustment member. The track member is pivotally coupled relative to the wing support structures about a track-member axis, the slat is operatively translationally coupled to the track member, and the track member is configured to constrain translation of the slat between a stowed position and a deployed position. The adjustment member is pivotally coupled relative to the wing support structures about an adjustment-member axis and pivotally coupled to the track member about a linkage axis. The adjustment member is configured to permit selective adjustment of a direct distance between the adjustment-member axis and the linkage axis.

Wing assemblies and aircraft with gap-adjustment assemblies for slats

Growing community of inventors

Lake Stevens, WA, United States of America

Steven S Heer