Patent ID: 8919703
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft hinge sealing element comprising a deformable elongate, and resiliently flexible strip, said strip having an upper face to contact a trailing edge of a fixed skin of an aircraft wing and one end attached to a moveable aero surface structure, said surface structure pivotally mounted on a rib of said aircraft wing, said surface structure having a leading edge, wherein said strip extends from an upper surface of said surface structure beyond said leading edge and into a space between the trailing edge of the fixed skin and the rib of the aircraft wing, said strip ending at a second, free end, the strip configured to deform during pivotal movement of the surface structure to maintain contact between the upper face of the flexible strip and the trailing edge of the fixed skin and substantially prevent airflow in said space.