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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Kenneth M. Dorsett, Aledo, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth M. Dorsett, Aledo, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/24 (2013.01); B64C 23/06 (2013.01); Y02T 50/162 (2013.01); Y02T 50/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vortex generation apparatus including a vortex generator that deploys in response to deployment of a wing leading edge lift augmentation device. The vortex generator deploys into a position to generate vortices over a main wing body upper surface region trailing the vortex generator.