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Wing for an aircraft

US12208895B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Schlipf · Hamburg, DE
Florian Lorenz · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C13/38
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure concerns a wing for an aircraft including a main wing and a trailing edge high lift assembly movably arranged at a trailing edge of the main wing, the trailing edge high lift assembly having a flap and a connection assembly movably mounting the flap to the main wing, such that the flap is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position. The connection assembly includes an actuator unit for moving the flap between the retracted position and the at least one extended position. The flap includes a leading edge part and a trailing edge part mounted to the leading edge part in a manner pivotable about a pivot axis.

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