Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Winglet
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Application No.: US12600725Application Date: 2008-06-10
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Publication No.: US08366056B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Philippe Garang
- Applicant: Philippe Garang
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP
- Priority: GB0711942.3 20070621
- International Application: PCT/GB2008/050427 WO 20080610
- International Announcement: WO2008/155566 WO 20081224
- Main IPC: B64C23/06
- IPC: B64C23/06

Abstract:
A winglet comprising a root connected to a distal end of a wing; an upwardly angled section; a tip; and a transition between the upwardly angled section and the tip at which an outboard cant angle of the winglet decreases relative to a reference plane of the wing. In one embodiment the winglet is continuously curved and includes a point of inflection at which the span-wise curvature of the winglet changes sign. In another embodiment the upwardly angled section is planar. The winglet generates a tip vortex when in flight. The tip vortex is displaced outboard from the winglet due to the decrease in outboard cant angle at the transition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100155541A1 WINGLET Public/Granted day:2010-06-24
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