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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Charles Eugene Morris, Des Peres, MO (US);
James Joseph Sheahan, Jr., Alton, IL (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling a shape of an outer surface of a control surface. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus comprises a control surface and a shaping system associated with the control surface. The control surface is associated with a portion of an aft edge of a wing. The control surface comprises a plurality of segments in which each of the plurality of segments comprises a number of sections. The shaping system is configured to move each segment in the plurality of segments independently of other segments in the plurality of segments to control a shape of an outer surface of the control surface.