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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Bristol, CT (US);
Dilip Prasad, North Granby, CT (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A morphing aerodynamic control surface geometry comprising a control surface having an articulated portion comprising a flexible skin coupled at an exterior of the articulated portion, the flexible skin comprising opposed interlocking elements sandwiched within a flexible polymer coupled to the interlocking elements; wherein the flexible skin is configured compliant responsive to an articulation of the articulated portion.