US 11,932,390 B2
Wing shape control
Rikin Gupta, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Shardul Singh Panwar, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Taewoo Nam, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Deborah Bumgardner, Garden City, MI (US); and Yufei Zhu, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,793.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331372 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 3/52 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 3/52 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising:
a wing; and
a morphing member operatively connected to the wing, the morphing member including a base and a shape memory material member operatively connected to the base, the base being made of a flexible material, whereby a shape of the morphing member changes when the shape memory material member is activated, the shape memory material member being arranged in a non-linear pattern.