Patent ID: 8157208

Claim:
A track for an aircraft having a wing and a landing flap, the track comprising a track structure, a first attachment region coupled to the track structure, a second attachment region, and a track-integrated landing flap drive system integrated in the track structure and coupled to the second attachment region, wherein the first attachment region attaches the track to the wing of the aircraft, when the track is installed on the aircraft, and the track-integrated landing flap drive system is integrated within the track without separate structural attachment to the wing, such that the track-integrated landing flap drive system is attached to the wing as a unit with the track, when the track is installed on the aircraft, and the track-integrated landing flap drive system comprises: a track-integrated first drive motor; a track-integrated actuator coupled to the second attachment region, the second attachment region coupling the landing flap of the aircraft to the track-integrated actuator, when the track is installed on the aircraft, and when the track is installed on the aircraft, the track integrated actuator couples the first drive motor and the landing flap, wherein the landing flap is movably coupled to the wing of the aircraft; and track-integrated motor control electronics electrically coupling the first drive motor of the track-integrated landing flap drive system to the aircraft, wherein the track-integrated motor control electronics synchronize operation of the track-integrated first drive motor and a second independent drive motor of a second track without mechanical coupling between the track-integrated first drive motor and the second drive motor when the track is installed on the aircraft.