System and method for deforming surfaces
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Alistair K. Chan, Clarence T. Tegreene
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Abstract
A system and method is described generally for producing surface deformations on a surface of a body. The system and method relate to a first surface being a surface of the body exposed to the fluid flow and at least one actuator affecting deformation of the first surface. A control system providing control commands to the at least one actuator is provided and a sensor providing environmental characteristic information to the control system is also provided.
Claims1
A system for producing surface deformations on a surface of a body, comprising:
- a first surface being a surface of the body exposed to a fluid flow the first surface being defined by at least two orthogonal directions;
- at least one actuator affecting deformation of the first surface in at least two orthogonal directions;
- a control system providing control commands to the at least one actuator;
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- at least one sensor providing environmental characteristic information to the control system,
- wherein the at least one actuator is deposited onto the first surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.