Aircraft wing assembly
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorPeter Kelly
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Abstract
An aircraft wing assembly includes a wing box including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a leading edge structure connecting the upper surface to the lower surface and secured to the upper surface at a connection point. The aircraft wing assembly includes a drive mechanism secured to the wing box and a high lift device mounted to the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is configured to move the high lift device between a retracted position and an extended position in use, and wherein the high lift device is configured to overlap the connection point when in the retracted position.
Claims20
An aircraft wing assembly comprising:
- a wing box comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a lower surface;
- a leading edge structure connecting the upper surface to the lower surface and secured to the upper surface at a connection point;
- a drive mechanism secured to the wing box;
- and
- a high lift device mounted to the drive mechanism,
- wherein the drive mechanism is configured to move the high lift device between a retracted position and an extended position in use, and wherein the high lift device is configured to overlap the connection point when in the retracted position.
A method of assembling an aircraft wing assembly, the method comprising:
- securing a spar to an upper surface of the aircraft wing assembly;
- securing a lower surface of the aircraft wing assembly to the spar;
- securing a drive mechanism to the spar such that no part of the drive mechanism passes through the spar;
- securing a leading edge structure to the upper surface and to the lower surface;
- and
- mounting a high lift device to the drive mechanism.
An aircraft wing assembly comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a lower surface;
- and
- a spar located between the upper surface and the lower surface and secured at a first end to the upper surface and at a second end to the lower surface,
- wherein the spar comprises a first flange at the first end and a second flange at the second end, wherein the first flange extends in a first direction along the upper surface and the second flange extends in a second direction along the lower surface, the first direction being substantially opposite to the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.