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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Parthiv N. Shah, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Parthiv N. Shah, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ATA ENGINEERING, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/10 (2006.01); F02K 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/10 (2013.01); F02K 1/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft control structure for drag management includes a nozzle structure configured to exhaust a swirling fluid stream. A plurality of swirl vanes are positioned within the nozzle structure, and an actuation subsystem is configured to cause the plurality of swirl vanes to move from a deployed state to a non-deployed state. In the non-deployed state, the plurality of swirl vanes are substantially flush with the inner surface of the nozzle structure. In the deployed state, the plurality of swirl vanes produce the swirling fluid stream.