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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Henry Wille, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
McDonnell Douglas, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; B64C / ; B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244219 ; 244214 ; 244215 ; 244 87 ;
Abstract
A tail (14) for an aircraft (10) has a center member (20) pivotally attached to the aircraft (10). A leading edge flap (22) extends along a length of the center member (20). An elastomeric skin (30) is connected between an exterior surface (26) of the center member (20) and an adjacent exterior surface (28) of the leading edge flap (22).