Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic yaw control effector for aircraft
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Application No.: US15052558Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US09944383B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: David R. Williams , Jürgen Seidel
- Applicant: David R. Williams , Jürgen Seidel
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Illinois Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Illinois Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Pauley Erickson & Kottis
- Main IPC: B64C15/14
- IPC: B64C15/14 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D33/00

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for controlling a yaw moment of a flight vehicle, such as an aircraft. A wing structure of the flight vehicle has a first opening or actuator positioned by a first apex section of a first side of the wing, and has a second opening or actuator positioned away from or at a distance from a second apex section of a second side of the wing. The first side and the second side can each be positioned or located opposite a centerline of the wing or wing structure. A pressure source or other pressure supply device is in communication with the first opening or actuator and the second opening or actuator to which a pressurized fluid, such as air, is controlled and delivered to control or vary the yaw moment of the flight vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170088253A1 PNEUMATIC YAW CONTROL EFFECTOR FOR AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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