Patents by Inventor Efstratios Saliveros

Efstratios Saliveros has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flap system for an aircraft, method for adjusting the lift of an aircraft and aircraft comprising a main wing and at least one flap system
    Patent number: 9815547
    Abstract: A flap system for an aircraft includes a flow body, a trailing flap and a movement means. The flow body includes an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface having a recess. The movement means is attachable to the flow body and the trailing flap. The trailing flap includes a shape that corresponds to the recess in the lower surface. The movement means is adapted for conducting at least a chordwise movement of the trailing flap such that it is movable out of and into the recess of the flow body in absence of a gap between the leading edge of the trailing flap and the flow body. Thereby, a clear increase in a lift coefficient may be achieved, while at the same time maintaining a low complexity and a high reliability of the flap system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Efstratios Saliveros, Hendrik Friedel
  • Flap System For An Aircraft, Method For Adjusting The Lift Of An Aircraft And Aircraft Comprising A Main Wing And At Least One Flap System
    Publication number: 20140166819
    Abstract: A flap system for an aircraft includes a flow body, a trailing flap and a movement means. The flow body includes an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface having a recess. The movement means is attachable to the flow body and the trailing flap. The trailing flap includes a shape that corresponds to the recess in the lower surface. The movement means is adapted for conducting at least a chordwise movement of the trailing flap such that it is movable out of and into the recess of the flow body in absence of a gap between the leading edge of the trailing flap and the flow body. Thereby, a clear increase in a lift coefficient may be achieved, while at the same time maintaining a low complexity and a high reliability of the flap system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Efstratios Saliveros, Hendrik Friedel