Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air vehicle and method and apparatus for control thereof
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Application No.: US15768744Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US11059562B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Julian David Wright , Nicholas Giacomo Robert Colosimo , Clyde Warsop
- Applicant: BAE Systems plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Maine Cernota & Rardin
- Priority: EP15275223 20151030,GB1519178 20151030
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/053348 WO 20161028
- International Announcement: WO2017/072520 WO 20170504
- Main IPC: B64C3/46
- IPC: B64C3/46 ; B64C3/48 ; B64C39/02 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
A wing member (14b) for an air vehicle (10), said wing member comprising a core section (20) defining its longitudinal axis and having upper and lower surfaces, at least one of said surfaces comprising apparatus (22) selectively configurable between at least two positions, wherein in a fully extended position, at least portions of said apparatus extend outwardly from said respective surface so as to increase the effective cross-sectional area of said wing member and define an effective aerofoil in respect thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180297688A1 AIR VEHICLE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL THEREOF Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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