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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Florian Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
Dennis Krey, Hamburg, DE;
Bernhard Schlipf, Hamburg, DE;
Dustin Shapi, Hamburg, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A wing for an aircraft including a main wing, slat, and connection assembly movable connecting the slat to the main wing and including an elongate slat track. A front end of the slat track is mounted to the slat. A rear end and an intermediate portion of the slat track are mounted to the main wing by a roller bearing that includes a guide rail mounted to the main wing and a first roller unit mounted to the rear end of the slat track and engaging the guide rail. The wing has redundant main load paths. The guide rail includes a guide rail primary structure engaging with the first roller unit and an additional reinforcement structure additionally reinforcing the guide rail primary structure in a lateral direction. The guide rail primary structure forms a first main load path. The reinforcement structure forms a redundant second main load path.