Aircraft wing comprising a mobile leading edge flap guided by a device located at the front of a wing box
US11433988B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64C9/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An aircraft wing including a mobile leading edge flap associated with a guiding device arranged at the front of a front spar of a wing box, and including: —a pivoting member having one end connected to the spar by an articulated linkage; —a pivoting member connected to one end of the member by an articulated linkage, the end of this member being connected to the flap via an articulated linkage; —a guide rail receiving a tracking member supported by the member, the rail defining a path inscribed on the surface of an imaginary sphere, the centre of which corresponds to a point of convergence of the axes of the three linkages.
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