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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Neal A. Harrison, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Mark Dehaan, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
John C. Vassberg, Long Beach, CA (US);
Anthony J. Sclafani, Alta Loma, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01); B64C 21/02 (2006.01); F15D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2013.01); B64C 1/0009 (2013.01); B64C 19/00 (2013.01); B64C 21/02 (2013.01); F15D 1/0025 (2013.01); B64C 2230/08 (2013.01); B64C 2230/20 (2013.01); B64C 2230/22 (2013.01); B64C 2230/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vortex generator may include a depression in an aerodynamic surface, and a vortex generator leading edge located in the depression. The vortex generator leading edge may include a leading edge upper surface. The leading edge upper surface may be positioned at or below a tangent line defined at a location along the aerodynamic surface upstream of the depression relative to an oncoming local flow.