Aerodynamic aircraft component

US11401028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventor

• Stefan Bensmann · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C5/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aerodynamic aircraft component includes a fixed aerodynamic part, which has a first contact surface, and a movable aerodynamic part, which has a second contact surface and is mounted to the fixed aerodynamic part for movement relative to the fixed aerodynamic part between a first position, in which the first and second contact surfaces are spaced apart, and a second position, in which the second contact surface contacts the first contact surface. The fixed aerodynamic part includes one of a magnet device and a piece of magnetic material and the movable aerodynamic part includes the other of the magnet device and the piece of magnetic material. The magnet device and the piece of magnetic material are arranged such that a magnetic force between the magnet device and the piece of magnetic material urges the second contact surface in contact with the first contact surface.