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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gene Arthur Quandt, Edgewood, WA (US);
Matthew James Hemsath, Everett, WA (US);
Tracy L. Duvall, Des Moines, WA (US);
David Brian Christman, Ravensdale, WA (US);
Frederick T. Calkins, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/36 (2006.01); B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64D 27/18 (2006.01); B64C 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/36 (2013.01); B64C 9/18 (2013.01); B64C 23/06 (2013.01); B64D 27/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a boundary layer control device located relative to an aircraft structure. The boundary layer control device has a stowed position and a deployed position. The boundary layer control device moves from the stowed position to the deployed position. A thickness of a boundary layer for the aircraft structure increases in a manner that increases a distance of a heat flow field from the aircraft structure during operation of the aircraft.