Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic conformal aerodynamic seal (CAS) for aircraft control surfaces
-
Application No.: US14974990Application Date: 2015-12-18
-
Publication No.: US10017239B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Matthew A. Neal , Charles R. Smith
- Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US VA Falls Church
- Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Falls Church
- Agency: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
- Agent John A. Miller
- Main IPC: B64C9/02
- IPC: B64C9/02 ; F16J15/34

Abstract:
A dynamic conformal aerodynamic seal that bridges the gap between an aircraft control surface and an aircraft wing, stabilizer or tail. The seal has a first edge and a second edge, where the first edge of the seal is rigidly coupled to the aircraft wing, stabilizer or tail and the second edge of the seal is slidably coupled to the control surface by magnetic coupling so that when the control surface pivots relative to the aircraft wing, stabilizer or tail, the second edge of the seal slides along the control surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170174315A1 DYNAMIC CONFORMAL AERODYNAMIC SEAL (CAS) FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACES Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
Information query