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7484694 Aircraft wing with extendible nose flap  
An aircraft wing including a wing box and a nose flap moveably connected to the wing box by first and second folding hinges. A first transverse link is pivotally connected to first portions of the...
7475854 Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices with non-parallel motion paths, and associated methods  
Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices with non-parallel motion paths, and associated methods are disclosed. A device in accordance with one embodiment includes a wing and an inboard...
7293744 Lift-flap mechanism  
Lift flap mechanism for adjusting a lift flap assigned to an airplane wing by means of a driving system, the lift flap mechanism comprising a main connection mechanism and a secondary connection...
7243881 Multi-function trailing edge devices and associated methods  
Trailing edge devices configured to carry out multiple functions, and associated methods of use and manufacture are disclosed. An external fluid flow body (e.g., an airfoil) configured in...
6641089 Flap arrangement for varying the aerodynamic lift generated by an aerodynamic element of an aircraft  
An auxiliary flap is movably arranged on a planar trailing edge of an aerodynamic element such as a wing, rudder, stabilizer, or flap. The auxiliary flap is rotatable and/or slidable relative to...
6598834 Method for reducing fuel consumption in aircraft  
A method and means are provided for increasing the aerodynamic efficiency of an airfoil employed by an aircraft. The method utilizes the primary flight control surfaces ( 11 ) ( 12 ) contiguous to...
6565045 Aircraft aerodynamic surface with trailing edge deflector  
An aerodynamic surface, such as a wing, empennage, angle of drift, nacelle pylon and the like for an aircraft includes at least one lightening hole pertaining to the trailing edge of the underwing,...
6450457 Fairing arrangement for an aircraft  
The fairing arrangement 28 comprises a first fairing portion 32 on a wing 10 and a second fairing portion 34 on an aileron 12 which is mounted on and angularly displaceable with respect...
6247670 Active flaperon assembly  
An active flaperon assembly for a wing includes a sheet of flexible material deployed near an intersection between a primary lift surface of a wing and the surface of a flap. The sheet is...
6224022 Airplane high lift surface drive system  
An airplane high lift surface drive system having a first actuator connected to a first high lift surface and a second actuator connected to a second high lift surface, wherein the first actuator...
6164598 Adaptive control surface apparatus  
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an aerodynamic control surface apparatus for use with a wing assembly having a wing trailing edge. The control surface apparatus has an...
6152405 Lift body having a variable camber  
A lift body has a variable camber to achieve a flow-favorable profile. The lift body has a structure which is elastically deformable at least in one area. An integrated adjusting device includes at...
6076775 Airfoil with a landing flap having a flexible trailing edge  
A lifting airfoil (10) includes a landing flap (20) movably connected to a main airfoil body (10') so as to form at least a portion of the trailing edge of the airfoil. The landing flap (20)...
6076767 Flight control surface actuation system  
A flight control surface actuation system is provided in which a plurality of actuators (6-13) are connected to one another in order to synchronize their operation. Each actuator has its own...
5788190 Slotted cruise trailing edge flap  
A slotted cruise trailing edge flap (16) having a single-slotted configuration during cruise, and a double-slotted configuration during takeoff and landing is disclosed. The slotted cruise trailing...
5655737 Split rudder control system aerodynamically configured to facilitate closure  
A split rudder control system for an aircraft which reduces the net opening hinge moments opposing return of the split rudders to the fully closed position from small deflection angles. The split...
5639215 Helicopter rotor equipped with flaps  
A blade of the rotor is attached to a main rotor shaft, and is rotated counterclockwise at a high speed when viewed from above. In the vicinity of the blade tip, a flap having a wing shape in...
5634613 Tip vortex generation technology for creating a lift enhancing and drag reducing upwash effect  
Methods for using tip generated vortices to improve performance of foils. These methods include generating a substantially streamwise beneficial vortex (74) near the outboard end (60) of a foil...
5622336 Device for the protection of a control surface hinge particularly for an aircraft  
In order to reduce the force to be applied to the control member of a control surface (10) articulated to a support structure (12) by hinges located in notches or slots (28) formed in the leading...
5518210 Seal plate for aircraft movable flight control surfaces  
A fixed seal plate for an aircraft functions to seal the gap between a movable flight control surface and its associated airfoil when the control surface is in a deflected position. The seal plate...
5388788 Hinge fairings for control surfaces  
A new hinge fairing design for control surfaces such as ailerons, elevators, and rudders. By staggering the two curved hinge fairings, one mounted to the fixed airfoil and the other to the leading...
5342004 Airfoil trailing flap  
Improvements in airfoils, such as conventional airfoils, are disclosed including modifications to the final flap element of the airfoil. Disclosed are surface contour modifications, including, in...
5253828 Concealable flap-actuated vortex generator  
A concealable flap actuated vortex generator for generating a vortex on a lifting surface assembly, and an improved aircraft flight lifting surface having such concealable flap actuated vortex...
5178348 Contoured wing/flap assembly and method  
A wing flap assembly having a contoured upper forward surface portion of the flap being arranged to reduce adverse effects of a wake producing device, such as a landing gear or a flap track faring,...
5088665 Serrated trailing edges for improving lift and drag characteristics of lifting surfaces  
An improvement in the lift and drag characteristics of a lifting surface is achieved by attaching a serrated panel to the trailing edge of the lifting surface. The serrations may have a saw-tooth...
4840331 Trailing edge flaps for aircraft wings  
A trailing edge flap assembly for an aircraft wing includes at its rearward end upper and lower surfaces terminating in a trailing edge portion. The assembly has a flap (15) is located in a stowed...
RE32907 Airfoil flap assembly with flap track member  
An airfoil having a trailing edge flap assembly comprising a flap member having a track mounted thereto. The track member is operatively connected to a slide-block which is in turn mounted to...
4669687 Airfoil flap member with flap track member  
An airfoil having a trailing edge flap assembly comprising a flap member having a pair of tracks mounted thereto at spanwise spaced locations. Each track member is operatively connected to a slide...
4600172 Retractable rounded trailing edge for circulation control wing  
In a circulation control airfoil, the improvement comprises of a seprate and rounded compressed air supply duct, with a slot and ejector from which high velocity air can issue tangentially to its...
4575030 Laminar flow control airfoil  
A laminar flow control aircraft wing combines suction surfaces and slots in its leading and trailing edge regions, with natural laminar flow over its main box region to achieve laminar boundary...
4447028 Upper surface blown powered lift system for aircraft  
In an aircraft having a pair of engines mounted forwardly of the wing and discharging jet exhaust over the wing for augmented lift, a trailing edge flap is positioned directly behind each of the...
4444368 Slotted variable camber flap  
Variable camber actuator assemblies 50 broaden the range of speeds at which lift to drag performance is maximized for slotted flap wings. Lift is improved over a broader range of cruising speeds by...
4395008 Aircraft wing and flap arrangement  
An aircraft wing and flap arrangement comprises a fixed wing (1) a flap (2) pivoted at (3) to the fixed wing and a variable camber upper surface member (6) anchored to the fixed wing and...
4131252 Apparatus for compensating for airflow blockage in aircraft slotted flap assemblies  
Apparatus to compensate for airflow blockage and attendant airflow separation, loss of lift, and flap buffeting caused by the support members connecting a flap to the stationary portion of the wing...
4117996 Variable aerodynamic compression flaps  
Aircraft flaps provide rearwardly convergent channels which terminate at or near the trailing edges of the flaps. The forward intakes of the channels are closed when the flaps are elevated and open...
4002312 Truncated aerofoils having spanwise splitters  
An aerofoil for use in transonic conditions is truncated aft of the point of maximum thickness and has a splitter extending downstream of the trailing edge and dividing the trailing edge into two...
3974987 Cascade effect blown flap  
A control airfoil such as a wing flap is provided adjacent its leading edge with a plurality of parallel blowing slots extending spanwise of the flap and leading from a plenum in the interior of...
3830451 AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM  
Apparatus is disclosed for advantageously developing longitudinal, lateral, and directional attitude control and also lift control in improved manners in aircraft systems of the type capable of...
3790106 FLAP SYSTEM  
A flap system for improving the lifting capabilities of aircraft wings and for alleviating the effects of wind gusts acting upon aircraft including flaps pivotally mounted near the trailing edges...
3756542 AIRCRAFT HAVING AN AUXILIARY LIFT DEVICE  
An aircraft has at the trailing edge of its wing a lift-augmenter flap towards which there can be directed, in the maximum lift configuration, a fluid stream elongated in the wing span direction...
3677504 CONTROL FLAP ARRANGEMENT  
A control flap arrangement for an airfoil of an aircraft has a control flap with a nose surface defined by a center of curvature. The control flap is mounted to the airfoil for pivoting movement...
3654811 FOLDABLE LOAD BEARING MECHANISM AND ACTUATING DEVICE  
1. A structural load bearing mechanism for transmitting loads, moments and couples from an aircraft nose to its fuselage, rigidity between nose and fuselage being likewise transmitted through such...
3583660 LIFT AND CONTROL AUGMENTER FOR AIRFOILS  
Means is herein provided for augmenting the lift and controllability of an aircraft by blowing compressed air through spanwise slots in a multiple trailing edge flap system on the aircraft's...
3478987 JET FLAPS  
3259341 Blown movable airfoil  
3132826 Cam controlled valve  
3093349 Duct arrangement for aircraft boundary layer control  
2967030 Boundary-layer control means for lifting wings  
2920844 Aircraft boundary-layer control system  
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