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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Airbus Operations S.l., Getafe, ES;
Carlos García Nieto, Getafe, ES;
Iker Vélez De Mendizábal Alonso, Getafe, ES;
Soledad Crespo Peña, Getafe, ES;
Enrique Guinaldo Fernández, Getafe, ES;
Jesús Javier Vázquez Castro, Getafe, ES;
Álvaro Torres Salas, Getafe, ES;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L., Getafe, ES;
Abstract
A lifting surface comprising a movable discontinuity located in the surface of the lifting surface. The movable discontinuity is movable between an active position in which the movable discontinuity acts as vortex generator, and a passive position in which the movable discontinuity is integrated into the surface of the lifting surface without acting as vortex generator. The lifting surface may be in an elevator, the elevator being rotatable around a hinge line with respect to the rest of the lifting surface. A bar is rigidly joined to the elevator. The bar, the elevator and the movable discontinuity are configured such that when the elevator rotates with respect to the rest of the lifting surface, the bar moves the movable discontinuity that departs from the surface of the lifting surface, acting as a vortex generator.