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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Mehdi R. Khorrami, Norfolk, VA (US);
David P. Lockard, Hampton, VA (US);
James B. Moore, Yorktown, VA (US);
Ji Su, Yorktown, VA (US);
Travis L. Turner, Yorktown, VA (US);
John C. Lin, Seaford, VA (US);
Karen M. Taminger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Seun K. Kahng, Poquoson, VA (US);
Scott A. Verden, Hampton, VA (US);
Mehdi R. Khorrami, Norfolk, VA (US);
David P. Lockard, Hampton, VA (US);
James B. Moore, Yorktown, VA (US);
Ji Su, Yorktown, VA (US);
Travis L. Turner, Yorktown, VA (US);
John C. Lin, Seaford, VA (US);
Karen M. Taminger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Seun K. Kahng, Poquoson, VA (US);
Scott A. Verden, Hampton, VA (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for reducing aeroacoustic noise generated by an aircraft having wings equipped with trailing-edge flaps. The system includes a plurality of elastically deformable structures. Each structure is coupled to and along one of the side edges of one of the trailing-edge flaps, and is coupled to a portion of one of the wings that is adjacent to the one of the side edges. The structures elastically deform when the trailing-edge flaps are deployed away from the wings.