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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Belur N. Shivashankara, Bellevue, WA (US);
James H. Mabe, Seattle, WA (US);
Dan J. Clingman, Milton, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/06 (2006.01); B64C 9/32 (2006.01); B64C 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03G 7/065 (2013.01); B64C 9/32 (2013.01); B64C 23/06 (2013.01); Y02T 50/162 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the disclosed vortex generator may include a flap, a bearing configured to be mounted on a surface, an axle retained in the bearing, the flap attached to the axle such that the flap rotates relative to the bearing about the axle, and an actuator made of a shape memory alloy attached to the flap and to a support, the actuator shaped to receive the axle therethrough, such that a change in temperature of the actuator causes the actuator to rotate the flap relative to the bearing.