Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rapid flap deflection for high lift transients
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Application No.: US17189363Application Date: 2021-03-02
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Publication No.: US11613344B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: Michael V Ol , Alberto Medina
- Applicant: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Applicant Address: US OH Wright-Patterson AFB
- Assignee: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Current Assignee: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Wright-Patterson AFB
- Agency: AFMCLO/JAZ
- Agent Timothy M. Barlow
- Main IPC: B64C9/28
- IPC: B64C9/28 ; B64C3/48 ; B63B1/28 ; B64C13/16 ; B63B1/24 ; B64C13/30

Abstract:
A wing, a method of controlling lift on a wing, and a system to produce lift on a wing are provided. The wing may include a fore-element, an aft-element, a pivotable linkage that operatively connects the aft-element leading edge to the fore-element trailing edge in a span-wise direction, and an actuator. The actuator may deflect the aft-element through a predetermined deflection angle about the pivotable linkage relative to the fore-element within less than or equal to two convective periods. The method may include deflecting a span-wise flap through the deflection angle in less than or equal to two convective periods to produce high lift. The system may include a sensor to detect an input and a controller to deflect the span-wise flap of the wing by the deflection angle in not more than two convective periods based on the received input signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210179258A1 Rapid Flap Deflection For High Lift Transients Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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