Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Airflow-dependent deployable fences for aircraft wings
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Application No.: US16197933Application Date: 2018-11-21
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Publication No.: US11059565B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Brian Tillotson , Chris Kettering
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: B64C3/58
- IPC: B64C3/58 ; B64C5/08

Abstract:
Airflow-dependent deployable fences for aircraft wings are described. An example apparatus includes a fence coupled to a wing of an aircraft. The fence is movable relative to the wing between a stowed position in which a panel of the fence extends along a skin of the wing, and a deployed position in which the panel extends at an upward angle away from the skin. The panel is configured to impede a spanwise airflow along the wing when the fence is in the deployed position. The fence is configured to move from the stowed position to the deployed position in response to an aerodynamic force exerted on a deployment vane of the fence.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200156762A1 AIRFLOW-DEPENDENT DEPLOYABLE FENCES FOR AIRCRAFT WINGS Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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