Deployable aerodynamic devices with reduced actuator loads, and related systems and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7954769
APP PUB NO 20090146000A1
SERIAL NO

11953672

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Deployable aerodynamic devices with reduced actuator loads, and related systems and methods are disclosed. An external flow system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes an external flow body, a deployable device carried by and movable relative to the external flow body, and a coupling connected between the external flow body and the deployable device. The system can further include an actuator device operatively coupled between the external flow body and the deployable device, with the actuator device positioned to move the deployable device along a motion path between a stowed position and the deployed position. The motion path can have a first portion over which the load delivered by the actuator device increases as the deployed device moves toward the deployed position, and a second portion over which the load delivered by the actuator device decreases as the deployed device moves toward the deployed position.

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THE BOEING COMPANY100 N RIVERSIDE CHICAGO IL 60606-1596

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Bushnell, Glenn S Puyallup, US 12 287

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