Seal assembly
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJames WILSON, Alan QUAYLE, Paul HADLEY
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Abstract
A seal assembly for closing an aperture in an aerodynamic surface of a structure, the seal assembly comprising: a track for attachment to the structure; and a retractable seal including a flexible substrate and a plurality of rods connected to the substrate, wherein at least one of the rods is mounted for running movement along the track, and the seal is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position by moving the at least one rod along the track accompanied by folding/unfolding of the seal substrate, and wherein the seal is biased to its extended position.
Claims27
A seal assembly for closing an aperture in an aerodynamic surface of a structure, the seal assembly comprising:
- a track for attachment to the structure;
- and a retractable seal including a flexible substrate and a plurality of rods connected to the substrate, wherein at least one of the rods is mounted for running movement along the track, and the seal is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position by moving the at least one rod along the track accompanied by folding/unfolding of the seal substrate, and wherein the seal is biased to its extended position.
An aerofoil having a device moveable between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to a leading edge of the aerofoil, the aerofoil leading edge having an aperture for accommodating a portion of the device when the device is in its retracted position, and a seal assembly in accordance with any preceding claim for closing at least a portion of the aperture when the device is in its extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.