Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft sustentation – Sustaining airfoils
Reexamination Certificate
2009-03-05
2011-11-15
Ellis, Christopher P (Department: 3644)
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft sustentation
Sustaining airfoils
C244S201000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08056865
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus comprises a structure having a first side, a second side substantially opposite to the first side, a flexible skin, and a plurality of deformable assemblies. The flexible skin is attached to the first side and the second side of the structure. The plurality of deformable assemblies is moveably connected to the structure, in which each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a vertex and a base. The each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a height that is capable of changing to change a shape of the structure and a shape of the flexible skin.
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Ellis Christopher P
The Boeing Company
Yee & Associates P.C.
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