Patent ID: 11933353
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. An aircraft having a wing with a system of operating flaps said system comprising:
a plurality of flaps each having a plurality of flap supports;
at least one actuator supported in at least one of the plurality of flap supports;
at least one carrier beam to support one of said plurality of flaps, said carrier beam rotatably engaged in at least one flap support rib;
a tension and compression link engaged to the flap support rib:
a three piece failsafe clevis connected to a lower surface of the wing and having
a center portion having a center top surface received on the lower surface, a planar first outer surface and a planar second outer surface, said second outer surface oppositely oriented to the first outer surface, and a channel configured to receive a- tension and compression link;
a left lateral portion connected adjacent the first outer surface and having a planar first inner surface received against the first outer surface and a left top surface coplanar with the center top surface and received on the lower surface; and
a right lateral portion connected adjacent the second outer surface and having a planar second inner surface received against the second outer surface and a right top surface coplanar with the center top surface and received on the lower surface.