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US 2015/0083867 A1Published application
Leading edge variable camber system and method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew A. Moser, Mark J. Gardner, Michael R. Finn, Mark S. Good, Adam P. Malachowski, Monica E. Thommen, Stephen R. Amorosi, Dan Onu
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Abstract
A system for varying a wing camber of an aircraft wing may include a leading edge device coupled to the wing. The leading edge device may be configured to be actuated in an upward direction and a downward direction relative to a retracted position of the leading edge device.
Claims24
A system for varying a wing camber, comprising:
- a leading edge device coupled to a wing of an aircraft;
- and
- the leading edge device configured to be actuated in an upward direction and a downward direction relative to a retracted position of the leading edge device.
An aircraft, comprising;
- a wing including a leading edge;
- a slat coupled to the leading edge;
- and
- a slat actuation system configured to actuate the slat in an upward direction and a downward direction relative to a retracted position of the slat.
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A method of varying a wing camber, the method comprising:
- actuating a leading edge device of an aircraft in an upward direction relative to a retracted position of the leading edge device to reduce a camber of the wing while the aircraft is in flight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.