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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
May. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/38 ;
Abstract
A leading edge component for reducing drag and improving heat sink properties of an air foil. The leading edge component includes a composite tile component with a predetermined aerodynamic shape and a metallic lip portion with high thermal conductivity. The metallic lip portion is secured to a forwardmost edge portion of the composite tile component to thereby form a leading edge of the air foil. The leading edge component is better able to withstand the structural stresses and extremely high temperatures that result while travelling at hypersonic speeds, without a significant increase in weight to the air foil with which the leading edge component is used.