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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Dale M. Pitt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nicholas Stephen Eckstein, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Dale M. Pitt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nicholas Stephen Eckstein, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for enabling controlled twisting of a tip of a wing in response to the aerodynamic forces experienced by the wing. The structural stiffness of the wing is modulated to modulate the twist of the wing in the presence of aerodynamic forces.