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5195702 Rotor flap apparatus and method  
A rotor flap apparatus is attached to the trailing edge of a wing of a craft. The rotor flap apparatus includes a rotatable rotor mounted on an attachment arm, which is pivotally mounted on a...
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,...
5098043 Integrated power hinge actuator  
A rotary vane or geared rotary actuator housing is located within the interior space of a fixed aircraft wing section, forwardly of the rear spar. The actuator movable arm extends downwardly...
5088661 Aircraft  
Airplanes which feature composite construction and have: a further aft than conventional center of gravity; a clean wing with a high aspect ratio; and all primary flight controls. These include...
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...
5050822 Wing flap aerodynamic noise suppression  
An arrangement for suppressing aerodynamic noise generated by cavity effect interaction between a wing flap shroud and one or more partially deployed trailing edge flaps. Noise suppression vanes...
4962902 Aircraft control surface linkage  
An improved linkage for the control surfaces, e.g., flaps, of a fighter airplane. The wing of the fighter aircraft includes a thin flap which has inwardly extending portions that extend inwardly of...
4892274 Segmentized flap system  
A flap system along the trailing edge of a transonic aircraft wing which system includes segments arranged in span direction, a driving system for protraction and retraction of the segments...
4867396 Micro flap trailing edge device for an aircraft wing  
The invention is a small flap like device (18) for attachment to the trailing edge (14) of an aircraft wing (10) which improves the coefficient of lift and reduces the coefficient of drag providing...
4865275 Land, water and air craft  
A multi-media craft particularly designed and constructed for efficient and economical utilization on land, water and in the air and comprising a light weight body constructed in modular form for...
4854528 Cover for flap guide rails in aircraft wings  
In an aircraft wing having a landing flap, a driven, flap mounting carriage being guided in rails, a tri-parted, aerodynamically contoured cover structure for the rails constructed for avoiding any...
4834326 Wing flap operation  
Adjusting device for landing flaps covering a gap between a landing flap or flaps and a wing proper there being a driven torsion shaft for driving the flaps, whereby particularly a transmission...
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...
4796840 Trailing edge flap operation in wings  
Flap carriers fold spanwise (about chordwise axes) into the wing but are moved down together through pivotal linkage; the flaps are protracted and retracted through pivoting of the carriers...
4789115 VTOL aircraft  
An aircraft having vertical take-off and landing capability including a nozzle-shaped fuselage housing a power-generating mechanism, a propulsion-developing mechanism at the rear end, and...
4763862 Flap drive system for air foils  
A flap is pivotally mounted on a roller that runs in a track; a three point control lever has one point connected to the roller, a second point to the front of the flap, and a third point is...
4725026 Wing with extendable flap and variable camber  
A wing having a cantilevered support for changing the camber thereof is attached at a stressed wing portion so as to be pivotable about an axis rigidly attached to the wing. Sliding carriages...
4720066 Flap/spoiler combination  
A flap arrangement for an aircraft wing having along its trailing edge independently actuated high lift flap and spoiler. During cruising the flap is used for camber line curvature control while...
4717097 Aircraft wings with aileron-supported ground speed spoilers and trailing edge flaps  
Aileron-supported split flaps and ground speed spoilers (collectively referred to as "aerodynamic lifting or braking devices") for reducing aircraft approach speeds and reducing the length of the...
4715567 System for coupling two flaps of an aircraft wing, and an aircraft wing equipped with such a system  
A system for coupling together two flaps of an aircraft wing, which flaps are adjacent and are situated at least substantially in the extension of each other. Each flap has its own pivoting and...
4712752 Wing trailing edge air dam  
An air dam (102) is positioned between an opening (101) existing between the wing rear spar cavity (34) and a flap track fairing (18c) that depends downwardly from wing (10) to block the flow of...
4705236 Aileron system for aircraft and method of operating the same  
Two aileron assemblies at opposite ends of a wing. Each aileron assembly has an aileron airfoil member having a first stowed position for high speed flight, where aerodynamic contours of the...
4687162 Apparatus for supporting an aircraft guide track for a movable airfoil  
An adjustable support assembly for an aircraft leading edge guide track. The support assembly includes an upper portion pivotally connected to the guide track, and a threaded shaft having a...
4674716 Blown crescent airfoil  
A supercritical movable airfoil over which is blown air to obtain a Coanda affect. A sealing strip is provided on a stationary airfoil portion which seals against the movable airfoil portion during...
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...
4640477 Closing device for an airfoil  
An improvement to close an opening formed in the leading edge of an airfoil when a slat is moved to its deployed position. The track which deploys the slat has a downward component of motion which...
4566657 Span loaded flying wing control  
A flying wing aircraft control for angle of attack and direction thereof, comprising retractile controlling surfaces rearward of the center of lift and along the trailing edges and extensible over...
4563970 Sail with retractable air directing element  
A sailset comprising a leading aerofoil and a trailing aerofoil that pivots about an axis passing through the leading aerofoil. A third comparatively small aerofoil is retractable within the...
4544118 Drive mechanism for combined flap-aileron surface  
A flap (22) carries a guide roller (24) at each of its ends. Each guide roller (24) travels within a fore and aft track (28) positioned immediately endwise outwardly of its end of the flap (22)....
4542868 Trailing edge device for an airfoil  
The invention is a small wedge shaped flap (20) for attachment to or near the trailing edge (14) of a airfoil (10) which improves the coefficient of lift and reduces the coefficient of drag...
4505443 Propulsion system for a V/STOL airplane  
A propulsion system for an airplane to permit it to achieve vertical and/or short take-offs and landings. The propulsion system is integrated into a wing/nacelle unit and includes a thrust...
4483498 Flight control surface coupling system  
A flight control surface coupling system which provides a two-element drive coupling between two control surface segments. The first element is a torsion bar that has adequate spring rate to...
4471928 Extendible airfoil track assembly  
An actuation and extension mechanism for aerodynamically high-lift devices such as a wing leading edge slat or a wing trailing edge flap; wherein an aerodynamic panel is connected to one end of an...
4471925 Apparatus for closing an air gap between a flap and an aircraft  
An air gap between a main flap and an adjacent aircraft portion is closed an auxiliary flap. The auxiliary flap (8) has a hinging axis (9) extending substantially in parallel to the aerodynamic...
4471927 Trailing edge flap assembly  
A flap mounted in a track member for movement between a retracted and an extended position. The track member itself is pivotally mounted at a forward portion thereof for up and down rotational...
4470366 Continuous single flap hinge and seal device for flexible hydrofoils and the like  
A continuous flap hinge and sealing device for hingedly connecting a control flap (45) to the trailing edge (46) of a flexible fluid foil (41) comprising a span-wise hinge block (52) having a...
4469297 Extendible airfoil cable drum track assembly  
An actuation and extension mechanism for aerodynamic high-lift devices such as a wing leading edge slat or a wing trailing edge flap; wherein an aerodynamic panel is connected to one end of an...
4460138 Flexible flap for an airfoil  
This invention relates to area changing trailing edge flaps for airfoils such as wings. This invention provides a roller retractable flexible sheet flap, which when deployed is supported by...
4448375 Folding truss mechanism for trailing edge flaps  
A swinging drive link (10) is pivotally connected at its lower end (18) to a forward support (16) for a flap (20). The flap rear support is provided by a pivotal connection (24) between a rear...
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...
4427169 Variable camber flap end seal  
An end seal (36) for a variable camber flap in which the seal is formed of an upper portion (52) including closely spaced fingers (56). The fingers extend generally vertically downwardly from...
4412666 Method of manufacture of a support wing and flap  
In the manufacture of a supporting wing (5) with a movable flap (6) hinged to it, both covered by a plastic friction-reducing skin, a method comprising making the outer skin (1, 2) of the upper...
4405105 Airfoil flap actuation  
A rear-edge flap is held on an aircraft wing by means of two pantograph-like guide systems carrying swivel heads on which the flap is pivoted. Control arms extend from the guide systems to cause...
4398683 Aircraft with thrust and lift augmenting airfoil  
An aircraft is disclosed having a jet engine whose exhaust stream flow rearwardly from above the trailing edge of a main wing of the craft, and having an auxiliary airfoil which is lower than and...
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...
4395007 Actuation system for a control surface of an aircraft  
An actuation system for rotating a control surface mounted on an aircraft airfoil, the control surface being rotatable about a first axis at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft...
4360176 Wing leading edge slat  
A chordwise extensible wing leading edge system incorporating a rigid contoured panel member which is exposed during forward extension movement of the leading edge slat for closing in the proximity...
4351502 Continuous skin, variable camber airfoil edge actuating mechanism  
An actuating mechanism for variable camber edges of aerodynamic airfoils--viz., variable camber leading edges and/or variable camber trailing edges--characterized by its rigidity and structural...
4345538 Flap flexure retainer/seal for hydrofoil vessels and the like  
A combined, liner retainer and seal for use with hydrofoils in which fluid foils have trailing control flaps, keyed together. The control flaps are hingedly engaged to the trailing end of the foils...
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