Slats with a flexible trailing edge

US8596585B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Tamas Havar · Bad Aibling, DE
• Oliver Meyer · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• York Caesar Roth · Neuenkirchen, DE
• Oliver Seack · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C9/24
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to an aerodynamic body with an extension in the spanwise direction, wing chord direction and wing thickness direction for coupling to a wing of an aircraft. This aerodynamic body can here be used for a leading edge flap or slat of an aircraft wing. To improve the flow characteristics, the rear side of the aerodynamic body is provided with a skin section that can be molded between a convex curvature and concave curvature.