Patents Represented by Law Firm Huges, Barnard & Cassidy
  • Variable camber leading edge mechanism with Krueger flap
    Patent number: 4427168
    Abstract: An actuating mechanism for variable camber leading edges of aerodynamic airfoils characterized by its rigidity and structural stability and which permits varying the camber of a flexible continuous airfoil skin through leading edge deflection angles ranging from on the order of 14.degree. to on the order of 22.degree. with reference to the wing box chord line without deployment of a Krueger flap and up to on the order of 32.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Maurice E. McKinney, Peter K. C. Rudolph