Patents by Inventor Mark HODKISSON

Mark HODKISSON 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).

  • Retractable infill panel for high-lift device
    Patent number: 9254927
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aircraft assembly with a fixed structure and a high-lift device. The fixed structure has a spar, a forward part which provides a foremost edge of an aircraft wing, and a lower part which provides a lower surface of the aircraft wing. A high-lift device is downwardly movable relative to the fixed structure from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. The high-lift device has a forward part which provides a foremost edge of the aircraft wing and a lower part which provides a lower surface of the aircraft wing. Downward movement of the high-lift device causes progressive opening of a lateral gap between the lower part of the high-lift device and the lower part of the fixed structure. A retractable infill panel is arranged to progressively extend from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration to fill the lateral gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Hodkisson, James Wilson, Samuel Evans
  • RETRACTABLE INFILL PANEL FOR HIGH-LIFT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140138487
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aircraft assembly with a fixed structure and a high-lift device. The fixed structure has a spar, a forward part which provides a foremost edge of an aircraft wing, and a lower part which provides a lower surface of the aircraft wing. A high-lift device is downwardly movable relative to the fixed structure from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. The high-lift device has a forward part which provides a foremost edge of the aircraft wing and a lower part which provides a lower surface of the aircraft wing. Downward movement of the high-lift device causes progressive opening of a lateral gap between the lower part of the high-lift device and the lower part of the fixed structure. A retractable infill panel is arranged to progressively extend from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration to fill the lateral gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark HODKISSON, James WILSON, Samuel EVANS