Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Forward swept winglet
- Patent Title (中): 向前扫过的小翼
-
Application No.: US12905382Application Date: 2010-10-15
-
Publication No.: US08439313B2Publication Date: 2013-05-14
- Inventor: Blaine K. Rawdon , John C. Vassberg
- Applicant: Blaine K. Rawdon , John C. Vassberg
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Moore & Van Allen PLLC
- Agent Charles L. Moore
- Main IPC: B64C23/06
- IPC: B64C23/06 ; B64C5/06 ; B64C3/58

Abstract:
An aircraft may include a pair of wings. A forward swept winglet may be attached proximate to a wing tip of each wing. The forward swept winglet may include a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge of each winglet may extend from the wing at a predetermined forward sweep angle relative to a line perpendicular to a chord of the wing tip in a direction corresponding to a forward portion of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120091262A1 FORWARD SWEPT WINGLET Public/Granted day:2012-04-19
Information query