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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Keith Allan Etling, Shiloh, IL (US);
Jennifer R. Green, St. Louis, MO (US);
Stephen L. Spicknall, Weldon Spring, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/26 (2006.01); B64C 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/26 (2013.01); B64C 2003/445 (2013.01);
Abstract
Flexible control surfaces and related methods are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an airfoil including a skin, the skin having perforations filled with an elastomer to increase a flexibility of the skin; and a flexible core adjacent the perforations of the skin to support the skin.