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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Diane C. Rawlings, Bellevue, WA (US);
James D. Mclean, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Mary J. Mathews, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Inventors:
Diane C. Rawlings, Bellevue, WA (US);
James D. McLean, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Mary J. Mathews, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/38 (2006.01); B64C 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An array of aerodynamic riblets is formed with a surface layer for adhering to an aerodynamic surface and a plurality of riblet tips having a parabolic cross section extending from the surface layer.