Patents by Inventor Alvaro AZABAL

Alvaro AZABAL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • APPARATUS, AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF MOVING A MOVABLY MOUNTED WING TIP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190322355
    Abstract: An apparatus (1000) is provided for controlling a movable wing tip device (9) of an aircraft (1). The apparatus includes an actuator (15) for moving the wing tip device from a load-alleviating configuration to a flight configuration; and a processor (10) which generates a signal for controlling operation of the aircraft so as to reduce the force required for the actuator to move the wing tip device from the load-alleviating configuration to the flight configuration. The apparatus may be included on an aircraft (1) and used in a method of moving the wing tip device from the load-alleviating configuration to the flight configuration during flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas WILSON, Andrea CASTRICHINI, Alvaro AZABAL