Patent · US Expired

Wing flap operation

US4834326A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1988
Grant dateMay 30, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64C2009/143
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Adjusting device for landing flaps covering a gap between a landing flap or flaps and a wing proper there being a driven torsion shaft for driving the flaps, whereby particularly a transmission gear is drivingly coupled to the torsion shaft and includes a reducing gear and a gear segment being bidirectionally driven by the gear; a slotted cam is connected to and driven by the segment gear; a pair of levers with scanning elements is operated by the cam on rotation thereof; tension-compression rods are respectively linked to the levers such that the rods are operated in opposite direction; and a pair of elbow levers respectively connect the rods to two wing flaps such that the rods are tension loaded then compression loaded by the aerodynamic forces acting on the wing flaps.

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