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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Neal D. Domel, Aledo, TX (US);
Eric F. Charlton, Grapevine, TX (US);
Daniel N. Miller, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Inventors:
Neal D. Domel, Aledo, TX (US);
Eric F. Charlton, Grapevine, TX (US);
Daniel N. Miller, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corroration, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 21/10 (2013.01); B64C 23/069 (2017.05); Y02T 50/164 (2013.01); Y02T 50/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airfoil tip vortex mitigation arrangement comprising one or more flow directors configured and positioned to re-direct freestream air over a low pressure surface of an airfoil in such a way as to displace and weaken a main tip vortex generated at a tip of the airfoil.