Patent ID: 6869050

Claim:
An aircraft component comprising an inner structure, a leading edge ( 1 ) and a trailing edge ( 2 ), a top skin ( 4 ) supported by said inner structure between said leading and trailing edges, a bottom skin ( 5 ) supported by said inner structure between said leading and trailing edges, said aircraft component having a longitudinal axis ( 3 ) extending from end to end of said aircraft component and a depth axis ( 8 ) extending perpendicularly to and between said leading edge ( 1 ) and said trailing edge ( 2 ), said aircraft component further comprising at least one first ridge ( 6 ) bulging outwardly in said top skin ( 4 ) and at least one second ridge ( 7 ) bulging in said bottom skin ( 5 ) toward said at least one first ridge ( 6 ), wherein said first and second ridge begins in an area ( 9 ) of said trailing edge ( 2 ) and extends toward said leading edge in the direction of said depth axis ( 8 ), each of said first and second ridges ( 6 , 7 ) having a height (H) that is largest in said trailing edge area ( 9 ), said height (H) of said first and second ridges ( 6 , 7 ) diminishing from said trailing edge area ( 9 ) toward said leading edge ( 1 ).