Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Morphing foil or wing
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Application No.: US14660184Application Date: 2015-03-17
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Publication No.: US09975622B2Publication Date: 2018-05-22
- Inventor: Michael Snook
- Applicant: Blue Bear Systems Research Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Bedford
- Assignee: Blue Bear Systems Research Limited
- Current Assignee: Blue Bear Systems Research Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bedford
- Agency: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Priority: GB1216553.6 20120917
- Main IPC: B64C3/54
- IPC: B64C3/54 ; B64C3/40 ; B64C39/02

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an adaptable wing having a variable geometry for influencing aerodynamic performance, the wing comprising a jointed leading edge having a main pivot, and a wrist joint, with a wing arm therebetween, and a distal wing hand depending from the wrist joint; the wing being reciprocally actuable, via the main pivot and wrist joint, between a first state having an extended wing planform and a second state having a tucked wing planform.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160176502A1 Morphing Foil or Wing Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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