Wing of an aircraft

US8925871B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8925871-B2
Application numberUS-201213464960-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 5, 2012
Priority dateNov 5, 2009
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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Abstract

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A wing of an aircraft provided with a main wing and an arrangement of leading edge lifting bodies, which as seen with reference to the incident flow direction are arranged on the leading edge, which are adjustably arranged on the main wing one behind another as seen in the spanwise direction of the main wing by means of respectively two positioning devices spaced apart from one another in the spanwise direction of the main wing. The wing has a connecting device, which is coupled to each of two adjacent leading edge lifting bodies, wherein the connecting device is configured such that in the event of a fracture of a positioning device of a positioning body external forces acting on the latter are transferred via the respective connecting device to the leading edge lifting bodies coupled up via the latter.

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What is claimed is: 1. A wing of an aircraft comprising a main wing and an arrangement of leading edge lifting bodies, which as seen with reference to the flow direction are arranged on the leading edge, which are adjustably arranged on the main wing one behind another as seen in a spanwise direction of the main wing respectively by two positioning devices spaced apart from one another in the spanwise direction of the main wing, wherein the wing has a connecting device, which is c…

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What does patent US8925871B2 cover?
A wing of an aircraft provided with a main wing and an arrangement of leading edge lifting bodies, which as seen with reference to the incident flow direction are arranged on the leading edge, which are adjustably arranged on the main wing one behind another as seen in the spanwise direction of the main wing by means of respectively two positioning devices spaced apart from one another in the s…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hue Xavier, Schlipf Bernhard, Airbus Operations Gmbh
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B64C9/22. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).