Patent classifications
B64C9/02
Apparatus, system and method for supporting a wing flap of an aircraft
An apparatus for supporting a wing flap of an aircraft includes a support fitting configured to be coupled to a wing of the aircraft. The apparatus also includes a first link, pivotably coupled to the support fitting and configured to be pivotably coupled to the wing flap, and a second link, separably coupled to the support fitting and configured to be pivotably coupled to the wing flap.
SPOILER ACTUATION APPARATUS FOR MOVING AN AIRCRAFT SPOILER
A spoiler actuation apparatus for moving an aircraft spoiler. The spoiler is moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The spoiler actuation apparatus includes a guide member, a rack mounted on the guide member and slideable along a longitudinal axis of the guide member, and a gear coupled to the rack, the gear arranged to move the spoiler in response to sliding of the rack. The rack is held at a first position when the spoiler is in the stowed configuration. An actuator moves the rack from the first position to a second position along the longitudinal axis. When the rack is at the second position, the rack is operable to accelerate relative to the guide member away from the second position by an aerodynamic force acting on the spoiler.
SHUTTER ASSEMBLY AND SHUTTER ARRANGEMENT FOR COVERING A TRUNNION OPENING, AND HIGH-LIFT SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED THEREWITH
For sealing at the transition between high-lift devices and fairings, a shutter assembly can be installed in a high-lift system, thereby forming the shutter arrangement. The shutter assembly includes the shutter panel and possibly the driving member. The shutter assembly can be installed in the high-lift system, to form any embodiment of the shutter arrangement. The shutter arrangement covers the trunnion opening and is moveable in correspondence with the movement of the high-lift device in a continuous and strictly monotone manner.
SHUTTER ASSEMBLY AND SHUTTER ARRANGEMENT FOR COVERING A TRUNNION OPENING, AND HIGH-LIFT SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED THEREWITH
For sealing at the transition between high-lift devices and fairings, a shutter assembly can be installed in a high-lift system, thereby forming the shutter arrangement. The shutter assembly includes the shutter panel and possibly the driving member. The shutter assembly can be installed in the high-lift system, to form any embodiment of the shutter arrangement. The shutter arrangement covers the trunnion opening and is moveable in correspondence with the movement of the high-lift device in a continuous and strictly monotone manner.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AERIAL VEHICLE (AV) FLIGHT CONTROL
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for an aerial vehicle (AV). The AV can include a frame structure comprising an upper frame, a lower frame, and bridges connecting the upper frame and the lower frame. The upper frame can include a housing for electrical components. The AV can include a duct extending from the upper frame to the lower frame. The AV can include a motor to rotate the propeller. The AV can include guides located between the bridges and the duct. A portion of the guides can include a non-linear path. The AV can include actuators. The AV can include flaps, coupled to the guides and the actuators, configured to protrude from the lower frame or retract into the frame structure. The flaps can curve along at least one of a horizontal axis or a vertical axis of the flaps. The flaps can overlap with each other when protruded.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AERIAL VEHICLE (AV) FLIGHT CONTROL
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for an aerial vehicle (AV). The AV can include a frame structure comprising an upper frame, a lower frame, and bridges connecting the upper frame and the lower frame. The upper frame can include a housing for electrical components. The AV can include a duct extending from the upper frame to the lower frame. The AV can include a motor to rotate the propeller. The AV can include guides located between the bridges and the duct. A portion of the guides can include a non-linear path. The AV can include actuators. The AV can include flaps, coupled to the guides and the actuators, configured to protrude from the lower frame or retract into the frame structure. The flaps can curve along at least one of a horizontal axis or a vertical axis of the flaps. The flaps can overlap with each other when protruded.
Remotely controlled multirotor aircraft comprising an improved frame
A remotely controlled multirotor aircraft having a frame that includes a first and a second peripheral portions, to which at least one first and one second motor can be respectively coupled, and a central portion including a first end and a second end, to which the first peripheral portion and the second peripheral portion are respectively coupled, so that the first peripheral portion develops in a plane that is different from that in which the second peripheral portion develops; furthermore, the central portion also includes a coupling mechanism allowing the coupling between the central portion and a mobile device having video acquisition ability.
DAMPING DEVICE
A device for damping rotary motion of a component. The device comprises a first part adapted to be mounted to the component so as to rotate therewith, and a second part adapted to be fixed such that the first part moves towards the second part when the component rotates in a first direction (D1). At least one surface of the first part and a corresponding at least one surface of the second part are angled such that, as the first part moves towards the second part, the at least one surface of the first part will move into contact with and then move along the corresponding at least one surface of the second part such that friction between the at least one surface of the first part and the corresponding at least one surface of the second part acts against the movement of the first part.
ATTACHMENT FOR ROTARY ACTUATOR
A rotary actuator assembly for moving a first relatively movable part relative to a second relatively movable part. The assembly includes a rotary actuator having a plurality of circumferential earth members for attachment to one of the first and the second relatively movable parts and a plurality of circumferential output members for attachment to the other of the first and second relatively movable parts. At least the plurality of circumferential earth members or the plurality of circumferential output members is provided with radially outwardly extending locking features around their circumference configured to be received in a mounting sleeve having complementary locking features to engage with the radially outwardly extending locking features.
Flight control surface for an aircraft and method for manufacturing said flight control surface
A flight control surface comprising a main body comprising an upper and lower cover, upper and lower skins and a core member, a prolongation of their length over the length of the core member defining a stepped area. A trailing edge of the control surface comprises a U-shaped profile enclosing the prolongation, the U-shaped profile extending towards the main body in the chordwise direction up to the stepped area and comprising a section that progressively decreases. The trailing edge comprises a first and a second set of rivets located in the prolongation, the first set of rivets joining the upper and lower covers and the second set of rivets joining the U-shaped profile, the upper covers and the lower covers.