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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Ulrich Pohl, Bremen, DE;
Ulrich Pohl, Bremen, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to the monitoring of the landing flaps on an airfoil () for an aircraft (), and to an aircraft () having such an airfoil (). The airfoil () has a wingbox (), a support () which is mounted relative to the wingbox () such that it can rotate with respect to a flap rotation axis (), a flap () which is attached to the support () and rotates with respect to the flap rotation axis () during rotation of the support () relative to the wingbox (), a movement mechanism () which is coupled to the support () in order to set an angle position of the flap () with respect to the wingbox () and a measurement apparatus () for detection of the angle position of the flap (). The measurement apparatus () has a rotation sensor (), which is arranged on the support (), and a four-element coupling transmission () which couples the rotation sensor () to the movement mechanism ().