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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Frederick Theodore Calkins, Renton, WA (US);
Douglas E. Nicholson, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Jordan Kreitzman, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 21/08 (2006.01); B64C 21/02 (2006.01); B29C 61/06 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 21/08 (2013.01); B64C 21/02 (2013.01); B64C 21/025 (2013.01); B29C 61/06 (2013.01); B64C 2230/20 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0206 (2013.01);
Abstract
Variably porous panels and panel assemblies incorporating shape memory alloy components along with methods for actuating the shape memory alloys are disclosed to predictably alter the porosity of a substrate surface, with the shape memory alloy maintained in an orientation relative to the panel that is in-plane with a mold-line of the panel outer surface.