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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

May. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Brian T. Rosenberger, Aledo, TX (US);

Eric Frederick Charlton, Grapevine, TX (US);

Daniel N. Miller, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2013.01); B64C 21/10 (2013.01); B64C 23/065 (2013.01); Y02T 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wing includes a low pressure side, a high pressure side opposite the low pressure side, and a drag reducing apparatus coupled to the low pressure using an adhesive. The drag reducing apparatus includes a first side coupled to the low pressure side of the wing, and a second side opposite the first side. The second side includes a plurality of vortex generators arranged in an array configuration. The vortex generators generate one or more vane vortices near an end of the low pressure side of the wing, thereby weakening a wingtip vortex generated by the wing.


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