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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2006
Frederick J. Lisy, Euclid, OH (US);
Mohammed Modarreszadah, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Mehul P. Patel, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Jack M. Dicocco, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Reed Carver, Aurora, OH (US);
Robert N. Schmidt, Cleveland, OH (US);
Troy Prince, Cleveland, OH (US);
Frederick J. Lisy, Euclid, OH (US);
Mohammed Modarreszadah, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Mehul P. Patel, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Jack M. DiCocco, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Reed Carver, Aurora, OH (US);
Robert N. Schmidt, Cleveland, OH (US);
Troy Prince, Cleveland, OH (US);
Orbital Research Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a flow control device and more particularly to reactive self-contained modular flow control device with deployable flow effectors. The present invention further relates to a method of operating the flow control device. One embodiment of the present invention includes a method of controlling air flow across a surface of an aircraft under certain flight conditions comprising the steps of sensing fluid separation from the surface by measuring the pressure on the surface; determining a standard deviation of the pressure measurements over a period of time; and deploying a flow effector in response to the standard deviation of the pressure measurements exceeding a predetermined threshold number.