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US 2011/0210200 A1Published application
Control surface assemblies with torque tube base
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJeffery D. Russom, Lawrence R. White, James Greenwood
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Abstract
Control surface assemblies have a torque tube base. In one embodiment, a method includes moving an aerospace vehicle through a medium; and moving at least a portion of a control surface assembly to generate a force for controlling the vehicle.
Claims8
A method of controlling an aerospace vehicle, the method comprising:
- moving the vehicle through a medium;
- and
- using a tubular arcuate base and a control surface projecting outwardly from the base as a control surface assembly to generate a force for controlling the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.