Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active twisting of an aircraft lifting surface via modulated clamping of substructure
- Patent Title (中): 通过调节夹紧子结构主动扭转飞机提升表面
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Application No.: US12107681Application Date: 2008-04-22
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Publication No.: US08128020B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Dale M. Pitt , Nicholas Stephen Eckstein
- Applicant: Dale M. Pitt , Nicholas Stephen Eckstein
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Caven & Aghevli LLC
- Main IPC: B64C3/52
- IPC: B64C3/52
Abstract:
A system and method for enabling controlled twisting of a tip of a wing in response to the aerodynamic forces experienced by the wing. The structural stiffness of the wing is modulated to modulate the twist of the wing in the presence of aerodynamic forces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090321558A1 ACTIVE TWISTING OF AN AIRCRAFT LIFTING SURFACE VIA MODULATED CLAMPING OF SUBSTRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2009-12-31
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