ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,123, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Flaperon actuation systems for aircraft" was invented by Kevin Raylin Tsai (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flaperon actuation systems for aircraft are disclosed herein. An example aircraft includes a wing including, a fixed wing portion, a flaperon, and an actuation system. The actuation system includes a first actuator coupled to the fixed wing portion. The first actuator is operable to move the flaperon along a first degree of freedom between a stowed position in which the flaperon is aligned with the fixed wing portion and a deployed position in wh...