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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Blended Wing Aircraft, Inc., Orange, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Page, Orange, CA (US);
Assignee:
Blended Wing Aircraft, Inc., Orange, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/10 (2013.01); B64C 2039/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technologies for providing blended wing body aircraft control surfaces are described herein. In some examples, one or more of the control surfaces have angular configurations that reduce the formation of air vortexes when in upward or downward configurations, thereby reducing the drag on the aircraft when the control surfaces are being used.