Aircraft wing with trailing edge panel
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorWilliam Tulloch
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Abstract
An aircraft wing including a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, and a rear spar. A lower trailing edge panel is provided with a leading edge attached to the wingbox. The wing includes a flap, a flap deployment mechanism which is configured to deploy the flap, and a fairing which covers the flap deployment mechanism. A first end of a link is pivotally attached to the lower trailing edge panel at a first pivot joint, and a second end of the link is pivotally attached to the fairing at a second pivot joint. The second pivot joint is lower than the first pivot joint.
Claims19
An aircraft wing comprising:
- a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, and a rear spar;
- a lower trailing edge panel with a leading edge, wherein the lower trailing edge panel is rigidly attached, at the leading edge thereof, to the lower cover of the wingbox;
- a flap;
- a flap deployment mechanism which is configured to deploy the flap;
- a fairing which covers the flap deployment mechanism;
- and
- a panel support arrangement which attaches the lower trailing edge panel to the fairing, such that at least a portion of the fairing extends vertically below the lower trailing edge panel;
- wherein the panel support arrangement comprises a link which extends from a first end of the link to a second end of the link;
- wherein the first end of the link is pivotally attached to the lower trailing edge panel at a first pivot joint;
- wherein the second end of the link is pivotally attached to the fairing at a second pivot joint;
- and
- wherein the second pivot joint is lower than the first pivot joint.
An aircraft wing comprising:
- a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, and a rear spar;
- a lower trailing edge panel with a leading edge, wherein the leading edge of the lower trailing edge panel is attached to the wingbox;
- a flap;
- a flap deployment mechanism configured to deploy the flap;
- a fairing which covers the flap deployment mechanism;
- and
- a link which extends from a first end of the link to a second end of the link;
- wherein the first end of the link is pivotally attached to the lower trailing edge panel at a first pivot joint;
- wherein the second end of the link is pivotally attached to the fairing at a second pivot joint;
- and
- wherein the second pivot joint is lower than the first pivot joint.
An aircraft wing comprising:
- a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, and a rear spar;
- a lower trailing edge panel with a leading edge, wherein the lower trailing edge panel is rigidly attached, at the leading edge thereof, to the lower cover of the wingbox;
- a flap;
- a flap deployment mechanism which is configured to deploy the flap;
- a fairing which covers the flap deployment mechanism;
- a panel support arrangement which attaches the lower trailing edge panel to the fairing, such that at least a portion of the fairing extends vertically below the lower trailing edge panel;
- a spoiler;
- and
- a spoiler stop protruding from an upper surface of the lower trailing edge panel;
- wherein the spoiler stop is configured to be contacted by the spoiler in an event of an over-travel failure of the spoiler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.