Aircraft surface structure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsDavid Alistair SUTTON, Colin John WEST, Guy Mortimer TOTHILL
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Abstract
An aircraft morphable aerodynamic surface structure including an elastomeric material having a glass transition temperature, a temperature management system for heating or cooling the elastomeric material, and a controller to control the temperature management system, the controller configured to control the temperature management system on the basis of a command received at the controller.
Claims25
An aircraft morphable aerodynamic surface structure, comprising:
- an elastomeric material having a glass transition temperature, and
- a controller configured to control a temperature management system that is configured to change a temperature of the elastomeric material,
- wherein the controller configured is configured to control the temperature management system based on a command received at the controller.
A method of controlling an aircraft morphable aerodynamic surface structure comprising an elastomeric material having a glass transition temperature, the method comprising:
- receiving a command;
- and
- based on the command, controlling a temperature management system,
- wherein the temperature management system is configured to change a temperature of the elastomeric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.