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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2017
Aviation Partners, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Edward Davis, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Aviation Partners, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for a shape adaptive airfoil configured to be coupled with a tip of an airplane wing. In one embodiment, the shape adaptive airfoil is a blended winglet comprised of a base section coupled with the airplane wing, a blade section projecting in a vertical direction above the base section, and a radius section interconnecting the base and blade sections. Adaptive control structures may be incorporated into leading and trailing edges of the base section and the blade section. The adaptive control structures of the base section may facilitate changing a camber profile of the shape adaptive airfoil. The adaptive control structures of the blade section may enable changes to a toe angle of the blade section.