Patent ID: 9656739
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B64C

Claim:
1. A high lift system for an aircraft, the high lift system comprising: a base body; a flap movably mounted on the base body and having a flap edge; a retaining element, and a displacement device configured to secure the retaining element at a first end of the retaining element and to provide a second end of the retaining element extending away from the displacement device, wherein the flap system is set up to form a gap between the flap edge and the base body, wherein the retaining element is mounted on a region of the flap close to the flap edge and extends towards the base body to restrict the distance between the flap edge and the base body such that the flap edge can be pulled or flexed or both pulled and flexed by the retaining element in the direction of the base body, wherein the distance between the flap edge and the base body is adjustable, and wherein the base body is a wing of an aircraft and the flap is a flap arranged on a leading edge of the wing, and wherein the retaining element is a linear attachment means and the displacement device comprises a rotatably mounted winding body for winding up the retaining element.