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Flap system for an aircraft and method of operating a flap fairing at an aircraft wing

US12344377B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2024
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2044

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C9/32
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flap system for an aircraft comprises a wing structure, a trailing-edge and an attachment unit for movably coupling the trailing-edge movable to the wing structure. The attachment unit comprises an attachment mechanism and a cover element which at least partly encloses the attachment mechanism. The attachment unit comprises a drive element which is configured to move the cover element along an aerodynamic outer surface of a skin section of the wing structure between a first position and a second position, wherein the movement of the cover element along the aerodynamic outer surface is defined by a translational movement of the cover element relative to the skin section.

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