Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wing, flap, and aircraft
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Application No.: US15577055Application Date: 2016-04-14
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Publication No.: US10562606B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Mitsuhiro Murayama , Kazuomi Yamamoto
- Applicant: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
- Current Assignee: JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-108517 20150528
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/061970 WO 20160414
- International Announcement: WO2016/189994 WO 20161201
- Main IPC: B64C9/20
- IPC: B64C9/20 ; B64C23/06 ; B64C3/10 ; B64C9/18

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to reducing noise resulting from a wing tip vortex of a wing such as a flap. A flap of an aircraft includes a flap main body provided to a parent wing in a deployable manner, and a vortex generation portion including a protruding member, the protruding member being provided to protrude from an upper surface at least at an end of the flap main body on an outboard side in a span direction and forming a predetermined angle to an axial direction of the aircraft. A rear end of the protruding member is located on the side adjacent to a side-end edge at the end of the flap main body in the span direction relative to a virtual line passing through a front end of the protruding member and being parallel to the axial direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180170521A1 WING, FLAP, AND AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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