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US 2015/0083853 A1Published application
Adaptive trailing edge actuator system and method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew A. Moser, Michael R. Finn
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Abstract
An adaptive trailing edge system for an aircraft may include an adaptive trailing edge element mounted to a trailing edge. An electric motor actuator having an electric motor may be configured to actuate the adaptive trailing edge element. A linkage system may couple the electric motor actuator to the adaptive trailing edge element for actuation thereof.
Claims20
An adaptive trailing edge system, comprising:
- an adaptive trailing edge element mounted to a trailing edge;
- an electric motor actuator including an electric motor configured to actuate the adaptive trailing edge element;
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- a linkage system coupling the electric motor actuator to the adaptive trailing edge element for actuation thereof.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- a wing;
- an adaptive trailing edge element mounted to a trailing edge of the wing;
- an electric motor actuator including an electric motor configured to actuate the adaptive trailing edge element;
- and
- a linkage system coupling the electric motor actuator to the adaptive trailing edge element for actuation thereof.
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A method of actuating an adaptive trailing edge element, comprising the steps of:
- activating an electric motor actuator coupled to an adaptive trailing edge element, the adaptive trailing edge element mounted to a trailing edge of an aircraft wing, and the electric motor actuator coupled to the adaptive trailing edge by a linkage system;
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- actuating the adaptive trailing edge element in response to activating the electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.