US 12,246,822 B2
Aircraft control surface with integrated hydraulic actuator
Jennifer Davis, La Jolla, CA (US); Karl Potier, Paris (FR); Raphael Medina, Ecouen (FR); and Jerome Socheleau, Vernouillet (FR)
Assigned to ROHR, INC., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/091,826.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/295,236, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211872 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 13/36 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01); F15B 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 13/36 (2013.01) [F15B 15/1447 (2013.01); B64C 2009/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
an aircraft control surface; and
a hydraulic actuator including a housing and a piston within the housing, the housing formed integral with the aircraft control surface;
wherein the aircraft control surface comprises an internal stiffener extending along a camber line of the aircraft control surface, a portion of the housing is formed by the internal stiffener, and the internal stiffener extends longitudinally from a base of the aircraft control surface to a tip of the aircraft control surface.