Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Morphing airfoil leading edge
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Application No.: US14196461Application Date: 2014-03-04
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Publication No.: US09598167B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Robert E. Grip , John J. Brown , Neal A. Harrison , Blaine K. Rawdon , John C. Vassberg
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: B64C9/24
- IPC: B64C9/24 ; B64C3/26 ; B64C3/28 ; B64C3/48 ; B64C3/38 ; B64C3/44

Abstract:
An airfoil may include a leading edge and a shape control mechanism. The leading edge may include a flexible leading edge skin having a first end, a second end, and an arc length defined therebetween. The shape control mechanism may be attached to the flexible leading edge skin at a plurality of support locations and may transition the flexible leading edge skin from a first shape having a first curvature profile to a second shape having a second curvature profile different than the first curvature profile without a change in the arc length.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160009372A1 MORPHING AIRFOIL LEADING EDGE Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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