Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120318929 | AIRCRAFT WITH A REFUELING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FLIGHT PATH OF AN AIRCRAFT DURING ITS REFUELING - An aircraft with a refueling device for receiving fuel from a tanker aircraft in-flight is described, including an arrangement of flow influencing devices, an arrangement of flow condition sensor devices measuring flow conditions on respective surface segments, a flight data transmission device receiving flight data of a tanker aircraft, a flight path specification module that determines a nominal flight path or a nominal flight path corridor from the flight data of the flight data transmission device, and a flight control device configured to generate nominal commands for the flow influencing devices based on the measured flow condition and the nominal flight path or the nominal flight path corridor. These nominal commands control or maintain the movement of the aircraft along the nominal flight path or in the nominal flight path corridor. A method for controlling the flight path of an aircraft during the refueling thereof is also provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20130009015 | HIGH-LIFT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A high-lift system with a main wing and adjustable flaps as well as guiding devices for holding the adjustable flaps and adjustment devices for adjusting the adjustable flaps, wherein the respective guiding device and/or adjustment device at least in part include/includes a fairing, including a flow influencing device for influencing the flow around the high-lift system, with at least one inlet line with at least one inlet that is situated on or below the bottom of the high-lift system, wherein, furthermore, at least one outlet line for air is provided that includes a fluid-communicating connection to the inlet line and includes at least one outlet situated at the top in the region of at least one adjustable flap of the high-lift system. | 01-10-2013 |
20130026300 | HIGH LIFT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A high lift system with a main wing and regulating flaps, also bearing devices for the mounting of the regulating flaps, and positioning devices for the positioning of the regulating flaps, wherein the respective bearing device and/or positioning device is at least partially provided with a fairing, having a flow control device for purposes of controlling the flow around the high lift system with at least one inlet duct with at least one inlet, which device is located on or underneath the lower face of the high lift system, wherein at least one outlet duct for air is furthermore provided, which is connected with the inlet duct in a fluid-communicating manner, and has at least one outlet, which is located on the upper face in the region of at least one regulating flap of the high lift system. | 01-31-2013 |
20130035808 | AIRCRAFT WITH A CONTROL DEVICE - An aircraft with aerofoils including a main wing and a control flap that includes an adjustment flap. The aircraft includes an actuator for the control flap, as well as a sensor device for acquiring the position of the control flap, an arrangement of flow-influencing devices for influencing the fluid that flows over a segment of the main wing, and flow-state sensor devices for measuring the flow state. The aircraft includes a flight control device connected to the sensor device for acquiring the position of the control flap and to the flow-state sensor devices, and connected to the actuator and flow-influencing devices for transmitting actuating commands, and a flight-state sensor device connected to the flight control device for transmitting flight states. The flight control device includes a function that selects the flow-influencing devices that are operated for optimising local lift coefficients on the aerofoil, depending on the flight state. | 02-07-2013 |
20130037658 | AIRCRAFT WITH A CONTROL DEVICE - An aircraft with airfoils having a main wing and at least one control flap arranged such to be adjusted relative to the main wing, as well as a high-lift system with at least one regulating flap for adjusting the lift of the airfoils to adjust the state of lift of the aircraft, featuring flow control devices for influencing the fluid flowing over the surface segment; an activating unit; and a lift state specification device connected to the activating unit for adjusting the state of lift of the aircraft. | 02-14-2013 |
20130166110 | AIRCRAFT WITH AN ARRANGEMENT OF FLOW-INFLUENCING DEVICES - An aircraft, which has a respective arrangement of flow-influencing devices in at least one surface segment of each wing extending in the wingspan direction in order to influence the fluid flow over the surface segment, and of flow condition sensor devices for measuring the flow condition on the respective segment, and a flight control device, wherein the flight control device has a flow-influencing target parameter setting device connected with the arrangement of flow-influencing devices for generating target parameters for the flow-influencing devices of the at least one surface segment, wherein the flow-influencing devices are designed in such a way as to use the target parameters to change the local lift coefficients or correlations between the drag and lift coefficients in the segment where respectively located. | 06-27-2013 |
20130240676 | HIGH LIFT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A high lift system with a main wing and control flaps, wherein the respective guiding device are at least partially provided with a fairing, having a flow control device for purposes of controlling the flow around the high lift system with at least two inlet ducts running along the main wing chordwise direction with in each case at least one inlet, which device is located on or underneath the lower surface of the high lift system, wherein at least one outlet duct for air is furthermore provided, which is connected with the inlet ducts in a fluid-communicating manner, and has at least one outlet, which is located on the upper surface of at least one regulating flap and/or with respect to the main wing chordwise direction in the rear third of the main wing of the high lift system. | 09-19-2013 |