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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2017
Colorado Seminary Which Owns and Operates the University of Denver, Denver, CO (US);
Konstantinos Kanistras, Englewood, CO (US);
Pranith Chander Saka, Denver, CO (US);
Matthew J. Rutherford, Denver, CO (US);
Kimon P. Valavanis, Denver, CO (US);
Colorado Seminary Which Owns and Operates the University of Denver, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A circulation control system for an aerial vehicle. The system comprises an air supply unit attached to the aerial vehicle configured to generate a specified amount of mass air flow; an air delivery system, the air supply unit and the air delivery system being connected via at least one tube that turns at least one right angle; a circulation control wing through which air from the air supply unit is delivered through the air delivery system, the circulation control wing comprising at least one plenum configured to blow the air out of a slot in a trailing edge of the wing, and at least one dual radius flap positioned behind the slot.