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7510151 Wing with extendable aerodynamic pivoted flaps  
A structure with at least one flap connected to a wing, including: at least one drive device; at least one actuating device including a gear device coupled to the at least one drive device and the...
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...
7475848 Wing employing leading edge flaps and winglets to achieve improved aerodynamic performance  
A wing for use on a supersonic aircraft that includes an inboard section a central section of the wing outboard of the inboard portion, and an outboard section. The outboard section can be a...
7367532 High lift longitudinal axis control system  
A bipartite, full span airplane flap system having an inboard flap portion and an outboard flap portion, wherein the outboard flap portion includes an integrated aileron mounted on its...
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...
7264206 Leading edge flap apparatuses and associated methods  
The present invention is directed generally toward leading edge flap apparatuses and corresponding methods. One aspect of the invention is directed toward an aircraft system having an airfoil, an...
7258308 Method and apparatus for controlling airflow with a gapped trailing edge device having a flexible flow surface  
A method and apparatus for controlling airflow with a gapped trailing edge device having a flexible flow surface. The airfoil can include a first portion having a first leading edge, a first flow...
7159825 Process and device for the optimization of the deflection of the spoiler flaps of an aircraft in flight  
A process and device for optimization of deflection of spoiler flaps of an aircraft in flight may, in real time, compute an incidence potential available to be consumed by the spoiler flaps without...
7063292 Actuation apparatus for a control flap arranged on a trailing edge of an aircraft airfoil  
An actuation apparatus for a control flap which is disposed on the trailing edge of the wing of an aircraft and which can be displaced between a stowed position and an extended position, in which...
7048235 Slotted aircraft wing  
A swept aircraft wing includes a leading airfoil element and a trailing airfoil element. At least one full-span slot is defined by the wing during at least one transonic condition of the wing. The...
7048228 Slotted aircraft wing  
An aircraft wing includes a leading airfoil element and a trailing airfoil element. At least one slot is defined by the wing during at least one transonic condition of the wing. The slot may either...
7011276 Carrying or guiding device for aircraft components  
A carrying or guiding device for aircraft components, in particular for landing flaps arranged on an aircraft wing, including a carrier having a substantially U-shaped section with substantially...
7004432 Aircraft flap extension mechanism  
An aircraft mechanism including a flap positioning mechanism comprising a carriage and track system suitable for use with variable radius or multiple curvature tracks.
6981676 Method and spoiler system for ensuring the aerodynamic continuity of the upper surface of an aircraft  
Method and spoiler system for ensuring the aerodynamic continuity of the upper surface of an aircraft wing. According to the invention, the spoiler 7 has a chord (C) of adjustable length and...
6905092 Laminar-flow airfoil  
An airfoil having a fore airfoil element, an aft airfoil element, and a slot region in between them. These elements induce laminar flow over substantially all of the fore airfoil element and also...
6789769 Flexible airflow separator to reduce aerodynamic noise generated by a leading edge slat of an aircraft wing  
A slat is selectively extended from a main wing body, with a concave rear surface of the slat facing a convex forward nose surface of the wing body, with a slat gap therebetween. At least one row...
6682023 Contiguous variable camber device  
A wing includes a main wing section and a moveable wing surface that is adjustable relative to an adjacent edge of the main wing section to alter the camber of the wing. The adjacent edge of the...
6601801 Gapped trailing-edge control surface for an airfoil  
An airfoil assembly, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer, has a gapped trailing-edge control surface and a door connected to the control surface by a linkage such that deflection of the control...
6530544 Device and mechanism for transmission of radial forces between the central and end regions of this device  
A device ( 22 ) fitted with ribs is placed on a cylindrical rod ( 20 ) so that it is fixed to it in bending. The device ( 22 ) is formed of at least three ribs connected to each other at their...
6464176 Flap operating device  
A flap mounted on a tapered main wing of an aircraft, is supported by at least two link units. The link units are formed into analogous shapes with an analogous size ratio equal to the ratio...
6457680 Auxiliary airfoil for aircraft main wings  
A separating surface ( 6 ) is arranged on an additional airfoil for an aircraft main wing ( 3 ). The separating surface ( 6 ) is hinged on the main wing ( 3 ) and can be extended. The separating...
6454219 Aircraft wing and method for reducing airframe-generated noise  
An aircraft wing useful for reducing wing-generated noise comprises: (a) a main element having a leading edge and a trailing edge; (b) at least one slat having a leading edge and a trailing edge,...
6328265 Slot forming segments and slot changing spoilers  
A slot forming segment is inserted between two portions of a wing, which are adjacent along a longitudinal axis of wing, into a cove of a carved trailing edge of a leading portion of the adjacent...
6293497 Airplane with unswept slotted cruise wing airfoil  
Slotted cruise airfoil technology allows production of a substantially unswept wing that achieves the same cruise speed as today's conventional jet airplanes with higher sweep. This technology...
6149105 Deployment mechanisms for aircraft auxiliary airfoils  
A deployment mechanism for moving an aircraft wing leading edge slat (2) or trailing edge flap (4) relative to a main airfoil (1) is provided. The mechanism includes an I-section support beam (6)...
6079672 Aileron for fixed wing aircraft  
An aircraft aileron system unique in its construction, method of deployment and the functional results obtained, is comprised of two panels located at the rear portion of the wing, in a spanwise...
6050522 Thrust reverser for a high bypass turbofan engine  
A thrust reverser is disclosed for a high bypass ratio turbofan jet engine having a fan cowling forming an outer boundary of an airflow duct and a jet engine structure including a jet engine...
6010097 Scissor linkage type slotted flap mechanism  
A wing flap structure includes a wing, a flap, and a hinge mechanism connecting the wing and the flap. The hinge mechanism includes first and second hinge links connected between the wing and the...
5992792 Aircraft with jet flap propulsion  
In an aircraft (1) according to the invention the engine drives a blower and the compressed air is used to increase the lift of the wing (18) and the canard (22) using jet flap propulsion. The...
5836550 Mechanism for streamwise fowler deployment of the wing trailing or leading edge  
The invention is a mechanism for the streamwise deployment of an aircraft trailing or leading edge flap. The mechanism connects the spar and flap. There are a pair of swivel links which pivotally...
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...
5651513 Linear flap drive system  
A linear flap drive system for an aircraft having an airfoil and at least one flap which is extendable from the trailing edge of the fixed wing. More particularly the system includes linear drive...
5566910 Apparatus for adjusting aircraft wing flaps  
A wing gap closure flap is positioned in an aircraft wing so that a gap between the wing structure and the leading edge of a landing flap can be closed during normal cruising positions of the...
5564655 Rigging of aircraft wing flaps  
Apparatus, method and an arrangement for rigging an aircraft wing flap are provided. The apparatus (27) is for measuring horizontal and vertical positioning of a trailing edge (21) of a wing flap...
5551651 High lift out-of-contour flap for aircraft wing  
A wing structure including an assembly which is basically constituted of a main airfoil and a lift augmenting device in the form of a flap articulated to the airfoil so as to facilitate a high...
5294080 Lift enhancing tabs for airfoils  
A tab deployable from the trailing edge of a main airfoil element forces flow onto a following airfoil element, such as a flap, to keep the flow attached and thus enhance lift. For aircraft wings...
5230487 Apparatus for driving and guiding a flap secured to an aircraft wing  
A drive and guide mechanism for a flap such as a landing flap arranged in an aircraft wing, especially in the trailing edge of the wing includes a carriage to which the flap is pivoted. The...
5207400 Flap assembly  
A flap assembly includes a flap member (2) located at the trailing edge of an aircraft wing (4). A bracket (12) extends down from the flap member (2), and a mounting arm (8) extends rearwardly from...
5167383 STOL aircraft  
A STOL aircraft includes propfan engines which are each connected to a lower surface of one of the wings by a pylon. The propfan engine is located directly below the wing and are each equipped with...
5161757 Extending bent shaft flap drive  
Novel means for deploying airplane wing flaps feature a bent shaft which is translatable fore and aft in the fairing cavity. The shaft has an adjacent follower member which travels in a concentric...
5054721 Vertical takeoff aircraft  
A vertical takeoff ultralight aircraft having an operator controlled high volume vane axial fan in communication with a conduit configured to direct an air stream produced by the fan to a spanwise...
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...
4995575 Wing trailing edge flap mechanism  
Actuation and support mechanisms for wing trailing edge flap systems wherein each flap system has a streamwise or chordwise pair of geometrically similar flap support assemblies. Each of the flap...
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...
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...
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...
4784355 Flap system for short takeoff and landing aircraft  
A flap system for deploying high lift flaps on short takeoff and landing aircraft. The flap system utilizes an activating mechanism 27 that is used to extend a flap 12, a vane 22 and a spoiler 18...
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