Slidable divergent trailing edge device

US9463869B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Flint M. Jamison · Lynnwood, US
• Stephen R. Amorosi · Seattle, US
• Michael Klein · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wing includes a trailing edge, and a divergent trailing edge device slideable along an aft surface of the trailing edge between a stowed position and a fully deployed position. The trailing edge device is located entirely within the trailing edge when stowed, and it increases lift over drag of the wing when deployed.