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Control surface for an aircraft, and aircraft having a flexible control surface

US11214352B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Marc Antonio Bentivoglio · Hamburg, DE
Marco Biondini · Hamburg, DE
Michael Hoeft · Hamburg, DE
Henrik Luettmann · Hamburg, DE
Malte Werwer · Hamburg, DE
Andre Thomas · Orange, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2018
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C2003/445
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control surface of an aircraft comprises a fixed skin panel, a first flexurally elastic skin panel and a second flexurally elastic skin panel, which is connected to the first flexurally elastic skin panel and is configured to at least partially overlap the fixed skin panel. Furthermore, the control surface comprises an actuator system, which is configured to move the second flexurally elastic skin panel parallel to the fixed skin panel, wherein the actuator system has a fixed structural element arranged in a root region of the control surface, and a structural element that is movable relative to the fixed structural element.

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