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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Airbus Defence and Space Sas, Les Mureaux, FR;
Inventors:
Eugénio Ferreira, Paris, FR;
Angélique Santerre, Listrac-medoc, FR;
Benjamin Faure, Le Bouscat, FR;
Samuel Chevrollier, Tarbes, FR;
Pierre Parpaite, Saint Martin, FR;
Christophe Favre, Lau Balagnas, FR;
Assignee:
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2006.01); B64C 9/32 (2006.01); B64G 1/14 (2006.01); B64C 25/10 (2006.01); B64C 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2013.01); B64C 9/323 (2013.01); B64C 25/10 (2013.01); B64G 1/14 (2013.01); B64C 25/16 (2013.01); Y02T 50/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spaceplane suitable for aeronautical flight comprising a body and a wing defining a lower airfoil surface in addition to attitude control means that comprise one or a plurality of shutters disposed under the lower airfoil surface of same and maneuverable between a stowed position and an inclined extended position for aerodynamic braking during the transition from a phase of space flight to a phase of aeronautical flight of the aircraft.