Patent ID: 7770846

Claim:
A fixing system for fixing a modular leading edge to a lift plane structure of an aircraft, said leading edge comprising a covering including a first lamina and a second lamina, an airtight interior chamber divided into a plurality of suction chambers, arranged between the first lamina and the second lamina, and a plane leading edge rib, which comprises a skirt of the leading edge rib, said leading edge rib being attached to the covering by the skirt of the leading edge rib, said fixing system comprising a main attachment element whose cross-section comprises a central element from which emerge a first arm and a second arm, the first arm of the main attachment element being fixed by attachment to the first lamina of the covering of the leading edge and the second arm of the main attachment element being fixed by attachment to the second lamina of the covering of the leading edge, and the central element of the main attachment element is fixed to a covering of a torsion box of the lift plane structure, the leading edge remaining fixed to the lift plane structure.