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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
Applicants:
James D. Chase, Reno, NV (US);
Michael Henderson, Piedmont, SC (US);
Peter Sturdza, Atherton, CA (US);
Inventors:
James D. Chase, Reno, NV (US);
Michael Henderson, Piedmont, SC (US);
Peter Sturdza, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aerion Corporation, Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved supersonic laminar flow wing structure, on a supersonic aircraft, having one or more of the following: a strake extending forwardly of the wing inboard extent, a raked wing tip, a reversed fillet at the strake or fuselage junction, an inboard leading edge flap extending over less than about 15% of the inboard wing panel span, and a hybrid plain-split flap having a lower surface portion deflectable downwardly relative to plain flap extent.