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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Ltd., Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
William Tulloch, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 9/16 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64C 7/00 (2013.01); B64C 9/16 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
Abstract
An aircraft wing including a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, and a rear spar. A lower trailing edge panel is provided with a leading edge attached to the wingbox. The wing includes a flap, a flap deployment mechanism which is configured to deploy the flap, and a fairing which covers the flap deployment mechanism. A first end of a link is pivotally attached to the lower trailing edge panel at a first pivot joint, and a second end of the link is pivotally attached to the fairing at a second pivot joint. The second pivot joint is lower than the first pivot joint.