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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Airbus Operations S.l., Getafe, ES;
Carlos García Nieto, Getafe, ES;
Iker Vélez De Mendizábal Alonso, Getafe, ES;
Soledad Crespo Peña, Getafe, ES;
Enrique Guinaldo Fernández, Getafe, ES;
Jesús Javier Vázquez Castro, Getafe, ES;
Álvaro Torres Salas, Getafe, ES;
Airbus Operations S.L., Getafe, ES;
Abstract
A lifting device including: a movable discontinuity () located in a surface of the lifting device, the movable discontinuity () being movable between: an active position in which the movable discontinuity () acts as vortex generator, and a passive position in which the movable discontinuity () is integrated into the surface of the lifting surface, a conduit () located in the spanwise direction of the lifting surface and in communication with the movable discontinuity (), the lifting surface including openings () in its surface spanwise distant from each other in communication with the conduit (), the movable discontinuity () and the conduit () being configured such that when an airflow goes through the conduit (), this airflow activates the movable discontinuity () to act as a vortex generator of the lifting surface.