AILERON ACTUATOR BRACKET

• US 20090127406A1
• Filed: 10/07/2008
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus UK Limited (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: McDonald, Lynn
• Granted Patent: US 8,328,142 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/90.R
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 9/02 Mounting or supporting thereof

Abstract

An aircraft wing comprising: a trailing edge cove extending in a span-wise direction along a trailing edge of the wing, the trailing edge cove having a front face, a top face and a bottom face; an actuator bracket which is mounted to the front and top faces of the trailing edge cove, but not to its bottom face; an aileron actuator coupled at one end to an aileron and at the other end to the actuator bracket, the aileron actuator being adjustable from a retracted position to a deployed position to deploy the aileron; and a channel extending in a span-wise direction along the wing and positioned below the actuator bracket.

Claims

1. An aircraft wing comprising:

a trailing edge cove extending in a span-wise direction along a trailing edge of the wing, the trailing edge cove having a front face, a top face and a bottom face;

an actuator bracket which is mounted to the front and top faces of the trailing edge cove but not to its bottom face;

an aileron actuator coupled at one end to an aileron and at the other end to the actuator bracket, the aileron actuator being adjustable from a retracted position to a deployed position to deploy the aileron; and

a channel extending in a span-wise direction along the wing and positioned below the actuator bracket.

2. The wing of claim 1 further comprising one or more systems located in the channel and extending in a span-wise direction along the wing.

3. The wing of claim 1 wherein the front face of the trailing edge cove, to which the actuator bracket is mounted, comprises a rear spar of the wing.

4. The wing of claim 1 wherein the top face of the trailing edge cove, to which the actuator bracket is mounted, comprises an element which is attached to a rear spar of the wing and overhangs to its rear.

5. The wing of claim 4 wherein the element attached to the rear spar of the wing also overhangs to its front.

6. The wing of claim 1 wherein the actuator bracket comprises a front web which is mounted to the front face of the trailing edge cove;

and a top web which is mounted to the top face of the trailing edge cove.

7. The wing of claim 6 wherein the front web of the actuator bracket has a bottom edge which partially defines the top face of the channel.

8. The wing of claim 7 wherein the bottom edge of the front web of the actuator bracket is positioned less than half-way down the height of the front face of the trailing edge cove.

9. The wing of claim 1 wherein the area of the actuator bracket which engages the top face of the trailing edge cove is greater than the area of the actuator bracket which engages the front face of the trailing edge cove.

10. The wing of claim 1 wherein the actuator bracket is mounted to the top face of the trailing edge cove with a first set of fasteners, and to the front face of the trailing edge cove by a second set of fasteners.

11. The wing of claim 1 wherein the actuator bracket is pivotally attached to the aileron actuator.