Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Morphing airfoil system
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Application No.: US17218290Application Date: 2021-03-31
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Publication No.: US11597499B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Danil V. Prokhorov
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Darrow Mustafa PC
- Agent Christopher G. Darrow
- Main IPC: B64C3/44
- IPC: B64C3/44 ; B64C3/14 ; B64C3/48 ; B64C13/16

Abstract:
A morphing airfoil system includes an airfoil including a bulkhead and an airfoil body extending from the bulkhead, at least one inflatable/deflatable bladder positioned within the airfoil body, and a bladder pressurization mechanism configured for controlling pressurization of the at least one bladder. The system also includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing an airfoil control module including instructions that when executed by the processor(s) cause the processor(s) to control operation of the bladder pressurization mechanism to increase or decrease internal pressure in the at least one bladder to change a configuration of the airfoil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210237848A1 MORPHING AIRFOIL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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