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US 2024/0343383 A1Published application
Slat Movement System for Aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsEmily Georgia Rayner, Kevin Raylin Tsai, Ramón Augustin Burin, Bret Alan Bowers
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Abstract
The illustrative examples provide a slat movement system for use in an aircraft. An aircraft comprises a wing having a fixed edge and a wing front spar, and a moveable slat connected to the wing by a four bar linkage and a slat arm, the slat arm movable along a track comprising a slot terminating prior to the wing front spar.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a wing having a fixed edge and a wing front spar;
- and
- a moveable slat connected to the wing by a four bar linkage and a slat arm, the slat arm movable along a track comprising a slot terminating prior to the wing front spar.
A slat movement system for a wing of an aircraft comprising:
- a four bar linkage connected to a slat and to a set of ribs;
- a track comprising a slot contained between a fixed edge of the wing and a wing front spar in the wing;
- and
- a slat arm movably connected to the track by a roller within the slot.
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A wing of an aircraft comprising:
- a fixed edge;
- a frame of the wing comprising a number of ribs and a wing front spar;
- a slat movable relative to the fixed edge;
- a plurality of four bar linkages connecting the slat to the frame of the wing;
- and
- a plurality of slat arms connected to the slat, each of the plurality of slat arms attached by a roller to a respective track having a complex curvature, each track connected to the frame, each track terminating prior to the wing front spar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.