Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Articulated empennage with ruddervator
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Application No.: US16141920Application Date: 2018-09-25
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Publication No.: US11046418B2Publication Date: 2021-06-29
- Inventor: Sergey Barmichev , Mithra Sankrithi
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.
- Main IPC: B64C5/16
- IPC: B64C5/16 ; B64C9/00 ; B64C5/02

Abstract:
An aircraft empennage includes a lower vertical member attached to a rear portion of a fuselage, and an upper stabilizer assembly connected to the lower vertical member by an articulating mount configured to allow movement of the upper stabilizer assembly relative to the lower vertical member to adjust pitch trim of the fuselage. The upper stabilizer assembly includes a V-shaped tail member having a pair of angled stabilizer portions, and each angled stabilizer portion has a trailing-edge ruddervator control surface. A rudder may be attached to a trailing edge of the lower vertical member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200094941A1 ARTICULATED EMPENNAGE WITH RUDDERVATOR Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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