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Aircraft cooling duct

US8960601B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

27References

15Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Victor Willdig · Devizes, GB
Kim Sharp · Bristol, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2006
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D13/006
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft structure, for example a wing, includes a section of skin, for example a lower wing panel, the panel defining an external (lower) surface that in use is on the exterior of the aircraft and an internal (upper) surface opposite the external surface, and a duct comprising a section of duct for transporting cooling fluid, for example air, between the internal and external surfaces of the panel from a first location in the panel to a second location that is spaced apart from the first location in a direction substantially parallel to the external surface of the panel. The cooling air cools an electronic hydrostatic actuator (EHA 4b) in the wing 2.

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