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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Rudy A. Eisentraut, Tucson, AZ (US);
Terry M. Sanderson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian J. Gowler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Rudy A. Eisentraut, Tucson, AZ (US);
Terry M. Sanderson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian J. Gowler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable air vehicle wing may be selectively reconfigured to increase its chord. The wing has a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion that are moved relative to one another to change the chord of the wing. The wing may be reconfigured from a compact configuration with a smaller chord, to and expanded configuration with a larger chord. The wing may include a foam material that forms part of the outer surface of the wing when the wing is in the expanded configuration. The foam may be a shape memory foam. Alternatively the leading edge section and the trailing edge section may be composed substantially fully of rigid materials. In either case the trailing edge section may be hingedly coupled to the leading edge section.