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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Heinz Hansen, Hamburg, DE;
Johannes Kirn, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Machunze, Oberhaching, DE;
Christian Metzner, Munich, DE;
Markus J. Weber, Hamburg, DE;
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, , DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
An aircraft wing has an upper surface element and a first actuator powered mechanism for varying the shape of the surface element which includes: an upstream segment SEG, a downstream segment SEG, an interconnecting segment SEGinterconnecting a downstream edge of SEGwith an upstream edge of SEG, wherein the interconnecting segment SEGextends along the whole or at least a major part of the downstream edge of SEGand the whole or at least a major part of the upstream edge of SEG, and a link element LNK interconnecting an upstream edge of SEGwith an upper surface of the aircraft wing, and the first mechanism interconnecting a contact Con a lower side of the upper surface element with a contact Con an inner structure of the airfoil. The first mechanism controls the shape of the upper surface element by controlling the distance between Cand C