Aircraft slat assembly
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorRobert James Peirce
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Abstract
An aircraft slat assembly comprises a slat, two tracks and two joints, each joint connecting a respective track to the slat. Each track is moveable on a wing structure between a fully extended position and a stowed position. Each joint is arranged to allow relative rotation between the slat and the respective track such that the slat is able to adopt a skewed position in which one track is in the fully extended position and the other track is in the stowed position.
Claims9
An aircraft slat assembly comprising a slat, two tracks and two joints, each joint connecting a respective track to the slat, and each track being moveable on a wing structure between a fully extended position and a stowed position,
- wherein each joint is arranged to allow relative rotation between the slat and the respective track such that the slat is able to adopt a skewed position in which one track is in the fully extended position and the other track is in the stowed position.
A method of moving an aircraft slat of an aircraft slat assembly comprising two track tracks and two joints, each joint connecting a respective track to the slat, and each track being moveable on a wing structure between a fully extended position and a stowed position, the method comprising a step of moving at least one of two tracks connected to the slat such that the slat adopts a skewed position in which one track is in a fully extended position and the other track is in a stowed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.