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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Paul R. Brewer, Keynsham, GB;
Steven Shorcott, Thrupp Stroud, GB;
Reg R. Raval, Yatton, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Claverham Ltd., Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gurney flap assembly has an actuator, a flexible or hinged body, the body flexing from a retracted to a deployed position in reaction to motion of the actuator, and a first seal extending along a first edge of the flexible body that flexes from the stowed position. Linear motion of the actuator output is transposed to the gurney flap thereby moving it from a retracted position into the airstream. This trailing edge device will improve airfoil lift.