Shutter assembly and shutter arrangement for covering a trunnion opening, and high-lift system and aircraft equipped therewith
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorLuc Andreani
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Abstract
For sealing at the transition between high-lift devices and fairings, a shutter assembly can be installed in a high-lift system, thereby forming the shutter arrangement. The shutter assembly includes the shutter panel and possibly the driving member. The shutter assembly can be installed in the high-lift system, to form any embodiment of the shutter arrangement. The shutter arrangement covers the trunnion opening and is moveable in correspondence with the movement of the high-lift device in a continuous and strictly monotone manner.
Claims17
A shutter assembly configured to form a shutter arrangement for covering a trunnion opening in a belly fairing of an aircraft, wherein the trunnion opening extends along a longitudinal direction and follows an annular path, wherein the trunnion opening is configured for letting a trunnion shaft of a high-lift device pass through, the shutter assembly being configured to be installed adjacent to the trunnion opening, to be rotatable between a fully shut position, in which the shutter assembly covers the trunnion opening except for a trunnion passage at one end portion of the trunnion opening for the trunnion shaft to pass through, and a fully open position, wherein the shutter assembly is configured to be installed such that the shutter assembly is movable between the fully shut and fully open positions in a continuous and/or strictly monotonous manner in correspondence with movement of the trunnion shaft within the trunnion opening.
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