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US 10,766,601 B2Granted
Aircraft wing flaps having aerodynamic restoration doors
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsEric Milligan, Bryan Jacob Gruner
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Abstract
Aircraft wing flaps having aerodynamic restoration doors are described. An example apparatus includes a door to be rotatably coupled to a closure rib of a flap of an aircraft wing. The door is to be moveable between a deployed position and a retracted position. The flap has a leading edge and a cutout formed in the leading edge. The door is to fill a portion of the cutout when the door is in the deployed position.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a door rotatably coupled to a closure rib of a flap of an aircraft wing, the door moveable between a deployed position and a retracted position, the flap having a leading edge and a cutout formed in the leading edge, the door filling a first portion of the cutout when the door is in the deployed position;
- and
- a track coupled to the closure rib, the track including a trim tab, the trim tab filling a second portion of the cutout, the track receiving a deflection control rib of the aircraft wing when the flap is in a stowed position.
A flap of an aircraft wing, the flap comprising:
- a leading edge having a cutout;
- a closure rib;
- a door rotatably coupled to the closure rib and moveable between a deployed position and a retracted position, the door filling a first portion of the cutout when the door is in the deployed position;
- and
- a track coupled to the closure rib, the track including a trim tab, the trim tab filling a second portion of the cutout, the track receiving a deflection control rib of the aircraft wing when the flap is in a stowed position.
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A method, comprising:
- moving a door rotatably coupled to a closure rib of a flap of an aircraft wing from a retracted position to a deployed position, the door filling a first portion of a cutout formed in a leading edge of the flap when the door is in the deployed position, the cutout including a second portion filled by a trim tab of a track, the track coupled to the closure rib, the track receiving a deflection control rib of the aircraft wing when the flap is in a stowed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.