US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 18 for "Machine and process for activation of flow control device" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,238, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Machine and process for activation of flow control device" was invented by Kevin Raylin Tsai (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and a machine for reducing a profile of a flap system including forming a track housing within a flap system including: a foil and a track housing within the foil, two track housing lugs extending out from an opening therein and beyond a leading edge of the foil, and a track that has a curved shape configured to: support the foil; and guide a movement of the foil along the track. The flap system may include an a...