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US 11,214,359 B2Granted
Flow control system, flow control method, and aircraft
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsMaki Kikuchi, Hiroki Kato, Mitsuru Kono, Kentaro Yoshida, Nobuyuki Nakazato
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Abstract
A flow control system includes a movable wing attachable to a wing of an aircraft, and a plasma actuator mountable on a surface of the movable wing. The flow control system is configured to control air flow around the wing by having the changing of the steering angle of the movable wing work in conjunction with the operation of the plasma actuator.
Claims10
A flow control system, comprising:
- a movable wing attachable to a wing of an aircraft, and
- a plasma actuator mountable on a surface of the movable wing, wherein
- the flow control system is configured to control air flow around the wing by changing a steering angle of the movable wing in conjunction with operating the plasma actuator,
- the flow control system further comprising an orientation change detector device configured to detect or predict a change in orientation of the aircraft,
- wherein at least the plasma actuator is configured to operate under a condition responding to the detected or predicted change in orientation of the aircraft, and
- wherein the orientation change detector device is configured to detect or predict the change in the orientation of the aircraft, based on at least one of a position of another aircraft flying in a vicinity of the aircraft or information for specifying an area to be detoured by the aircraft.
3 more elements
A flow control method for controlling air flow around a wing of an aircraft that includes a plasma actuator mountable on a surface of a movable wing comprising:
- detecting or predicting the change in an orientation of the aircraft based on at least one of position of another aircraft flying in a vicinity of the aircraft or information for specifying an area to be detoured by the aircraft, and
- operating the plasma actuator under a condition responding to the detected or predicted change in orientation of the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.