US3371888A
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Inverting flap system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-07-12
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Granted: 1968-03-05
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Expires: 1985-07-12
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Alvarez-Calderon Alberto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 10:53
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64C; B64C23/00; B64C23/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
A PRIMARY AIRFOIL HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE, A TRAILING EDGE PORTION, A TRAILING EDGE AND A LOWER SURFACE; AN INVERTING AIRFOIL MOUNTED ON SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL ADJACENT TO SAID TRAILING EDGE, SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL BEING ADAPTED TO BE INVERTED BY ANGULAR MOTION FROM A HIGH-SPEED RETRAACTED POSITION FAIRED IN SAID TRAILING EDGE PORTION OF SAID AIRFOIL TO AN EXTENDED POSITION IN WHICH SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL INCREASES THE EFFECTIVE AREA AND CHORD OF SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL; SAID PRIMARY AND INVERTING AIRFOILS BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO MOVE SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL WITH RESPECT TO SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL COMPRISING BRACKET MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL WITH SAID BRACKET MEANS HAVING A ROOT PORTION AND A PROTRUDING PORTION, CABLE MEANS ATTACHED TO ONE OF SAID BRACKET MEANS AND INVERTING FLAP AT A LOCATION ADJACENT TO SAID ROOT PORTION AND EXTENDING TO SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL WITH SAID CABLE MEANS RESTING AGAINST SAID PROTRUDING PORTION WHEN SAID FLAP IS IN SAID EXTENDED POSITION, AND WITH SAID CABLE MEANS EXTENDING DIRECTLY FROM SAID LOCATION ADJACENT TO SAID ROOT PORTION TO SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE PROTRUDING PORTION OF SAID BRAKET WHEN SAID INVERTING FLAP IS RETRACTED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
A PRIMARY AIRFOIL HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE, A TRAILING EDGE PORTION, A TRAILING EDGE AND A LOWER SURFACE; AN INVERTING AIRFOIL MOUNTED ON SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL ADJACENT TO SAID TRAILING EDGE, SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL BEING ADAPTED TO BE INVERTED BY ANGULAR MOTION FROM A HIGH-SPEED RETRAACTED POSITION FAIRED IN SAID TRAILING EDGE PORTION OF SAID AIRFOIL TO AN EXTENDED POSITION IN WHICH SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL INCREASES THE EFFECTIVE AREA AND CHORD OF SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL; SAID PRIMARY AND INVERTING AIRFOILS BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO MOVE SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL WITH RESPECT TO SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL COMPRISING BRACKET MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID INVERTING AIRFOIL WITH SAID BRACKET MEANS HAVING A ROOT PORTION AND A PROTRUDING PORTION, CABLE MEANS ATTACHED TO ONE OF SAID BRACKET MEANS AND INVERTING FLAP AT A LOCATION ADJACENT TO SAID ROOT PORTION AND EXTENDING TO SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL WITH SAID CABLE MEANS RESTING AGAINST SAID PROTRUDING PORTION WHEN SAID FLAP IS IN SAID EXTENDED POSITION, AND WITH SAID CABLE MEANS EXTENDING DIRECTLY FROM SAID LOCATION ADJACENT TO SAID ROOT PORTION TO SAID PRIMARY AIRFOIL IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE PROTRUDING PORTION OF SAID BRAKET WHEN SAID INVERTING FLAP IS RETRACTED.
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