Patent ID: 9199721
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B64C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wing control body for an aircraft, the wing control body comprising: an outer section adjacent to a flap-to-wing interface, the outer section comprising a side edge portion that at least partially surrounds a side-edge cavity and is at least partially formed from an upper outer skin section and a lower outer skin section; and a close-out rib that extends between the upper and lower outer skin sections and that is disposed adjacent to the side-edge cavity; and a porous cavity-filler insert positioned in the side-edge cavity and having an upper surface, a lower surface, a covered inner side surface, and an exposed outer side surface, and wherein the outer section covers the covered upper and lower surfaces of the porous cavity-filler insert, the close-out rib opposes the covered inner side surface, and the exposed outer side surface is exposed to an area outside of the side edge portion of the wing control body.