Wing for an aircraft

US11897612B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventor

• Stefan Bensmann · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 13, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wing for an aircraft is disclosed including a fixed wing, a high-lift device and a hold-down arrangement arranged between two supports of the high lift device having a first hold-down element attached to the high-lift device and a second hold-down element attached to the fixed wing. The first hold-down element contacts the second hold-down element when the high-lift device is in a retracted position in which it prevents a trailing edge of the high-lift device from detaching from an upper surface of the fixed wing when the fixed wing bends in the spanwise direction. One of the hold-down elements is a load-limited hold-down element which comprises a biasing means. When the load transmitted through the hold-down arrangement exceeds an operational threshold, elastic deformation of the biasing element results in the hold-down arrangement no longer preventing the trailing edge high-lift device from detaching from the upper surface of the fixed wing.