Patent ID: 8567727

Claim:
A trailing edge flap arrangement for an aircraft wing, comprising an array of flap elements each discretely moveable between a retracted and an extended position, wherein the flap elements are arranged to be deployed so as to open up a through slot between an adjacent pair of the flap elements only when the aerodynamic leading element of the pair has reached its extended position, and wherein a first hinge point is disposed between the wing and the aerodynamic leading flap element in the array, and a first ram actuator is connected between the wing and the aerodynamic leading flap element across and above the first hinge point for rotating the aerodynamic leading flap element about said first hinge point, and wherein a second hinge point is disposed between the aerodynamic leading flap element and an adjacent aerodynamic trailing flap element aft of the aerodynamic leading flap element, and wherein said aerodynamic leading flap element and aerodynamic trailing flap element are rotatably connected to one another at said second hinge point, and a second ram actuator is connected between said aerodynamic leading flap element and said aerodynamic trailing flap element across and above the second hinge point for rotating the aerodynamic trailing flap element about said second hinge point.