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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Aldo Arena, Smithtown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 46 ; 244 49 ; 244218 ; 244-327 ; 244-328 ;
Abstract
A segmented variable sweep wing for an aircraft has a plurality of wing segments. A structural device movably affixes the wing segments to the fuselage of the aircraft adjacent each other at their root areas. The structural device moves the segments conjointly to a power position where the segments are perpendicular to the fuselage and spaced from each other. The structural device also moves the segments conjointly to a cruise position wherein the segments are swept back at an angle with the fuselage and in abutment with each other thereby forming a unitary continuous surface airfoil.