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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A high lift system for an aircraft comprises a wing structure and a leading edge slat movably supported relative to a leading edge of the wing structure, the leading edge slat comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the trailing edge is configured to take different positions to form a gap between the leading edge slat and the wing structure, a skin and enclosing an interior space of the leading edge slat, the skin having a flexible leading skin section facing away from the wing structure, a flexible trailing skin section facing towards the wing structure, at least one actuation arrangement arranged inside the interior space for selectively introducing a normal force onto at least one of the leading skin section and the trailing skin section.