Device for monitoring tiltable flaps on aircraft wings

US7354022B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Martin Richter · Stuttgart, DE
• Dieter Lang · Kronach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2045/001
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for monitoring tiltable flaps on aircraft wings including rotary sensors at the rotary axis of the flap and associated with each actuating element. A rotation sensor is connected to the actuating elements by a spring band. The band is a coupled for angle transmission and the band is connected at a distance from the rotary axis. The spring band is stiff in the direction of rotation, while in the lateral direction, for the purpose of compensating for transverse movements of the actuating elements, the spring band is soft. For each flap, the signals of the rotary sensors, at decentralized monitoring devices to locate errors, are transmitted to an evaluation unit.