Patent ID: 11970269
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. An aircraft comprising:
a wing;
a flaperon moveably coupled to a trailing edge of the wing;
a track carried by a surface of the flaperon;
a bullnose supported by the flaperon, a portion of the bullnose slidably received in the track;
a first actuator operatively coupled to the flaperon to cause the flaperon to move between an upward deflected position and a downward deflected position relative to the wing; and
a second actuator operatively coupled to the bullnose to cause the bullnose to move relative to the flaperon from a stowed position to a retracted position to cause an opening to be defined between the flaperon and the wing, the first actuator and the second actuator carried by the wing.