High-lift system for an aircraft with a main wing and an adjustable slat
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B64C-009/24
B64C-021/06
출원번호
US-0808959
(2008-12-22)
등록번호
US-8596584
(2013-12-03)
우선권정보
DE-10 2007 061 590 (2007-12-20)
국제출원번호
PCT/EP2008/011042
(2008-12-22)
§371/§102 date
20100617
(20100617)
국제공개번호
WO2009/080355
(2009-07-02)
발명자
/ 주소
Knacke, Thilo
Thiele, Frank
출원인 / 주소
Airbus Operations GmbH
대리인 / 주소
Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz P.C.
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초록▼
A high-lift system for an aircraft with a main wing and a slat that by way of an adjustment device is adjustable relative to the main wing to various adjustment states, with a gap resulting between the rear of the slat, which rear faces the main wing, and the main wing, where the size of the gap res
A high-lift system for an aircraft with a main wing and a slat that by way of an adjustment device is adjustable relative to the main wing to various adjustment states, with a gap resulting between the rear of the slat, which rear faces the main wing, and the main wing, where the size of the gap results from the adjustment state of the slat relative to the main wing, where in the interior of the slat an air guidance channel with at least one inlet and an outlet is formed, where the inlet is arranged at the rear, which faces the main wing, in order to influence the airflow in the gap.
대표청구항▼
1. A high-lift system for an aircraft, comprising: a main wing; anda slat that is adjustable relative to said main wing to various adjustment states by means of an adjustment device, resulting in a gap between a rear surface of the slat and a forward surface of the main wing, where the rear surface
1. A high-lift system for an aircraft, comprising: a main wing; anda slat that is adjustable relative to said main wing to various adjustment states by means of an adjustment device, resulting in a gap between a rear surface of the slat and a forward surface of the main wing, where the rear surface of the slat faces the forward surface of the main wing, and a size of the gap results from the adjustment state of the slat relative to the main wing, wherein:an interior of the slat includes an air guidance channel with at least one air guidance channel inlet and at least one air guidance channel outlet, andthe air guidance channel inlet is arranged at a rear portion of the slat, which faces the main wing, so that air external to the aircraft flows from the gap through the air guidance channel inlet into the air guidance channel. 2. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein an air mass flow is adjustable at the air guidance channel inlet, by means of a flowthrough adjustment device in order to influence the airflow in the gap. 3. The high-lift system according to claim 2, wherein the flowthrough adjustment device comprises a closure device which, due to the pressure present at the rear of the slat, operates to open and close. 4. The high-lift system according to claim 2, wherein the flowthrough adjustment device comprises an aperture part, arranged on the air guidance channel inlet, which aperture part is pre-tensioned to a closed position of the air guidance channel inlet and is set in such a manner that, at a predetermined first pressure occurring at the rear of the slat, the aperture part moves to an open position, while at a predetermined second pressure occurring at the rear of the slat, the aperture part moves to the closed position. 5. The high-lift system according to claim 2, wherein the flowthrough adjustment device is actively controlled. 6. The high-lift system according to claim 5, wherein the flowthrough adjustment device is functionally coupled to a control device that comprises a control function to generate positioning signals or positioning commands for controlling the flowthrough adjustment device, by means of which control signals or control commands the flowthrough adjustment device is adjustable between an open state and a closed state. 7. The high-lift system according claim 6, wherein: the control device comprises an input device, by means of which, the control device receives at least one of sensor data and system data, andthe control function determines the control commands for opening and closing the flowthrough adjustment device depending on the adjustment state of the slat. 8. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein: the control device comprises an input device, by means of which the control device can receive at least one of sensor data and system data, andthe control function determines the control commands for opening and closing the air guidance channel inlet depending on one or more of the sensor data and system data. 9. The high-lift system according to claim 8, wherein the control device is integrated in the slat. 10. The high-lift system according claim 8, wherein: the input device of the control device is equipped for receiving data from a flight control system of the aircraft, andthe control function determines the control commands for opening and closing the inlet depending on data from the flight control system. 11. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein: data received from a flight control system of the aircraft comprises the adjustment position of the slat, andthe control function determines the control commands for opening and closing the flowthrough adjustment device depending on the adjustment position of the slat. 12. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein the control function determines the control commands for the flowthrough adjustment device depending on air data that has been transmitted by a flight control system of the aircraft. 13. The high-lift system according to claim 12, wherein the air data describes at least one of: an angle of attack of the aircraft, a speed, and a flight position of the aircraft. 14. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein: the control device of the flowthrough adjustment device comprises a comparison function which compares at least one of: transmitted air data, and the adjustment position of the slat, with a first setpoint value and with a second setpoint value,when in some regions the first setpoint value has been attained the control function transmits to the flowthrough adjustment device control commands for opening the flowthrough adjustment device, andwhen in some regions the second setpoint value has been attained the control function transmits to the flowthrough adjustment device control commands for closing the flowthrough adjustment device. 15. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein the control device is integrated with a computer, which is situated in an aircraft fuselage, and the control commands are transmitted to the flowthrough adjustment device by way of a command line. 16. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein: the high-lift system comprises at least one pressure sensor, which is arranged at the rear of the slat for measuring static pressure of an airstream and is functionally connected to the input device for transmitting a measured pressure to the control function, andthe control function operate to determine control signals for the flowthrough adjustment device depending on the measured pressure. 17. The high-lift system according to claim 16, wherein the pressure sensor is arranged on at least one of: the inlet, and the air guidance channel outlet. 18. The high-lift system according to claim 17, wherein the control device comprises a comparison function, by means of which the pressure on the at least one inlet and on the at least one air guidance channel outlet is compared, and based on which comparison function control signals for the flowthrough adjustment device are determined depending on the determined pressure differential. 19. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein the flowthrough adjustment device is implemented by one or more valves, which are provided within the air guidance channel for regulating the flowthrough in said air guidance channel. 20. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein at least one airflow drive is arranged in the air guidance channel, which airflow drive influences air mass flow between the inlet and the air guidance channel outlet. 21. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein the control device is integrated with a central computer of the high-lift system, which commands adjustment of the slat. 22. The high-lift system according to claim 6, wherein the control device comprises a table with an allocation of predetermined operational data with desired adjustment positions of the flowthrough adjustment device, as well as a comparison function by means of which measured operational data is compared with the operational data stored in the comparison table, and, if there is agreement in some regions, the respectively associated desired adjustment position is transmitted to the inlet adjustment device. 23. The high-lift system according to claim 2, wherein the flowthrough adjustment device is arranged at least one of: within the air guidance channel, at the inlets, and at the air guidance channel outlets. 24. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein the air guidance channel inlet comprises several inlet apertures. 25. The high-lift system according to claim 1, further comprising an absorber material located at a section at the rear of the slat. 26. The high-lift system according to claim 25, wherein the absorber material is an absorber material layer integrated in the rear of the slat, in which absorber material layer at least one inlet is integrated. 27. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein at the rear of the slat facing the main wing, the slat comprises a region with concave curvature when viewed from the main wing, in which region the at least one air guidance channel inlet is arranged. 28. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein at a position between front of the slat and the rear of the slat, in a lower region of the slat, the slat includes an edge that extends in a span direction of the slat. 29. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein the air guidance channel outlet of the air guidance channel leads to outer surroundings of the slat, and is arranged on one or both ends, situated in a span direction of the slat. 30. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein the air guidance channel outlet leads to the outer surroundings of the slat and is arranged on a trailing edge thereof. 31. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein the air guidance channel outlet of the air guidance channel leads to outer surroundings of the slat and is arranged on an edge that is situated on an underside of the slat. 32. The high-lift system according to claim 1, wherein a connecting channel is coupled to the air guidance channel, which connecting channel leads from the air guidance channel to an interior of the main wing. 33. The high-lift system according to claim 2, wherein the flowthrough adjustment device is activated by at least one piezoactuator. 34. The high-lift system according to claim 33, wherein the at least one piezoactuator is functionally connected, by means of a control device, to at least one pressure sensor at the rear of the slat for the purpose of measuring static pressure of an airstream in order to adjust the flowthrough adjustment device. 35. An aircraft, comprising: a high-lift system including a main wing; and a slat that is adjustable relative to said main wing to various adjustment states by means of an adjustment device, resulting in a gap between a rear surface of the slat and a forward surface of the main wing, where the rear surface of the slat faces the forward surface of the main wing, and a size of the gap results from the adjustment state of the slat relative to the main wing, wherein:an interior of the slat includes an air guidance channel with at least one air guidance channel inlet and at least one air guidance channel outlet, andthe air guidance channel inlet is arranged at a rear portion of the slat, which faces the main wing, so that air external to the aircraft flows from the gap through the air guidance channel inlet into the air guidance channel.
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