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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Gregory A. Rincker, Wichita, KS (US);
Kenton A. Cleveland, Wichita, KS (US);
James L. Hammer, Wichita, KS (US);
Gregory A. Rincker, Wichita, KS (US);
Kenton A. Cleveland, Wichita, KS (US);
James L. Hammer, Wichita, KS (US);
Textron Innovations, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
An arrangement of devices as well as a method for improving the aerodynamics of an aircraft wing are disclosed. In embodiments, a plurality of vortex generators are attached in span-wise alignment on an deice boot along the wing's leading edge. The vortex generators are, in embodiments, constructed of a flexible material such that they are able to be expanded along with the boot during inflation and deflation thus mechanically involving the aerodynamic devices in the ice-shedding process.