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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Werner Dyckrup, Visbek, DE;
Wilfried Ellmers, Achim, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention concerns a device for a adjustable flap adjustably mounted on a main wing surface of an aeroplane wing, in particular, a landing flap, with at least one adjustment unit for purposes of adjustment of the adjustable flap, which has an actuator arranged, or that can be arranged, on the main wing surface, and has a kinematic adjustment mechanism running between the actuator and the adjustable flap, wherein the adjustable flap is mechanically coupled with the actuator via the kinematic adjustment mechanism. At least one damping unit for purposes of damping a dynamic loading effected by the adjustable flap on the adjustment unit, which can occur as a result of a critical malfunction event occurring in the region of the adjustable flap, is arranged, or can be arranged, between the main wing surface and the adjustable flap.