Actuators for flow control at surfaces of aerodynamic profiles

US10995780B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE
• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Ralf CASPARI · Kösching, DE
• Robert WEICHWALD · Siegenburg, DE
• Emanuel ERMANN · Oberstimm, DE
• Gerd Heller · Hamburg, DE
• Detlev Konigorski · Hamburg, DE
• Stefan Schnäubelt · Hamburg, DE
• Nicole Jordan · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2017
• Grant date: May 4, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/10
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An assembly for arrangement to the surface of an aerodynamic profile comprises an array of actuators, which are designed as piezo actuators and plasma actuators.