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US 11,535,361 B2Granted
Extruded wing protection system and device
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorsPavel Belik, John Peter Zwaan
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for an extruded wing protection and control surface comprising: a channel proximate a leading edge of the control surface, a knuckle disposed about the channel, a leading void, a trailing void, and a separator dividing the leading void and the trailing void; and a plurality of notches disposed in the extruded control surface proximate the leading edge of the control surface.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an extruded control surface comprising:
- a channel proximate a leading edge of the control surface;
- and
- a knuckle disposed about the channel, wherein the knuckle comprises a semi-circular portion and a leading edge portion, wherein the semi-circular portion comprises a semi-circular cross-section proximate a top side of the control surface, and wherein the leading edge portion extends from the semi-circular portion toward a bottom side of the control surface.
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A method comprising:
- extruding a control surface, wherein the extruded control surface comprises a channel proximate a leading edge of the control surface and a knuckle disposed about the channel, wherein the knuckle comprises a semi-circular portion and a leading edge portion, wherein the semi-circular portion comprises a semi-circular cross-section proximate a top side of the control surface, and wherein the leading edge portion extends from the semi-circular portion toward a bottom side of the control surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.