Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft wing with bellows assembly for optimizing a boundary layer control system
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Application No.: US16898939Application Date: 2020-06-11
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Publication No.: US11465735B2Publication Date: 2022-10-11
- Inventor: David Thomas Birkenstock
- Applicant: David Thomas Birkenstock
- Applicant Address: US VA Herndon
- Assignee: David Thomas Birkenstock
- Current Assignee: David Thomas Birkenstock
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Herndon
- Agency: Maier & Maier, PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C21/02
- IPC: B64C21/02

Abstract:
An aircraft wing with a system for optimizing boundary layer control. The aircraft wing includes an enclosing structure, an inner cavity defined within the aircraft wing, and at least one bellows assembly disposed in the inner cavity. The bellows assembly is spaced apart from the inner surfaces of the enclosing structure so as to define a void between the bellows assembly and the inner surfaces. Boundary control inlets are defined in the enclosing structure and a wake-immersed propulsion exhaust duct disposed proximate the trailing edge of the wing.
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