IP Library Granted Patent US 9,694,901
Granted Patent B2
US 9,694,901 · App. 12/089,158 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Aircraft landing flap

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Patent No.
US 9,694,901
App. No.
12/089,158
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft landing flap includes a flap member having an abrasion-resistant coating coated on an abrasion region exposed to mechanical rubbing contacts with an aircraft spoiler. The coating comprises a polyurethane matrix based on aliphatic components and fillers embedded in the polyurethane matrix so as to increase resistance to abrasion.

Claims (21)

1. A method for treating an aircraft landing flap comprising a flap member having an abrasion region in an area configured for exposure to mechanical rubbing contacts with an aircraft spoiler, the method comprising:

applying an abrasion-resistant coating to the abrasion region of the flap member arranged so that the mechanical rubbing contacts by the aircraft spoiler are made against the coating, wherein the abrasion-resistant coating comprises:

a polyurethane matrix based on aliphatic components, and

fillers embedded in the polyurethane matrix so as to increase resistance to abrasion, wherein the increase in resistance to abrasion measured after abrasion corresponding to 1500 of the mechanical rubbing contacts produces at least 30% less loss of the abrasion resistant coating relative to a coating of the polyurethane matrix without the embedded fillers, and

the fillers further comprise a first filler having a Mohs hardness of at most 2 and a particle size of 3 μm<d50<50 μm, and a second filler having a Mohs hardness of at least 7 and a particle size of 0.1 μm<d50<30 μm.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second filler includes ceramic fillers.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the ceramic fillers are selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, spinel, and mixtures thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first filler includes plastic fillers.

5. An aircraft landing flap comprising:

a flap member having an abrasion region in an area configured for exposure to mechanical rubbing contacts with an aircraft spoiler; and

an abrasion-resistant coating on the abrasion region of the flap member arranged so that the mechanical rubbing contacts by the aircraft spoiler are made against the coating, wherein the abrasion-resistant coating comprises:

a) a polyurethane matrix based on aliphatic components,

b) fillers embedded in the polyurethane matrix so as to increase resistance to abrasion, wherein the increase in resistance to abrasion measured after abrasion corresponding to 1500 of the mechanical rubbing contacts produces at least 30% less loss of the abrasion resistant coating relative to a coating of the polyurethane matrix without the embedded fillers, and

the fillers further comprise a first filler having a Mohs hardness of at most 2 and a particle size of 3 μm<d50<50 μm, and a second filler having a Mohs hardness of at least 7 and a particle size of 0.1 μm<d50<30 μm.

6. The aircraft landing flap according to claim 5 , wherein the second filler accounts for 7 to 15% the total weight of the abrasion-resistant coating.

7. The aircraft landing flap according to claim 5 , wherein the fillers accounts for 7 to 15% the total weight of the abrasion-resistant coating.

8. The aircraft landing flap according to claim 5 wherein the fillers are selected from a group consisting of silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, spinel, boron nitride, and mixtures thereof.

9. The aircraft landing flap according to claim 5 , wherein the first filler comprises ultra high molecular polyethylene.

10. The aircraft landing flap according to claim 5 , wherein abrasion is determined according to test PrEN6124.

11. The aircraft landing flap according to claim 10 , wherein the test PrEN6124 is performed at a temperature of −55° C. and 60° C.

12. The aircraft landing flap according to claim 5 , wherein the flap member has a first end and a second end, and the abrasion-resistant coating on the abrasion region extends over only a portion of the flap member between the first end and the second end.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026360/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2008
From: STENZEL, VOLKMAR; KAUNE, MARTIN; LOHNER, HUBERTUS; SCHRAMM, OTTMAR
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 021095/0198 →