US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 3 for "Thermally activated flow control device" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,561, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Thermally activated flow control device" was invented by Duk Woo Park (Bothell, Wash.) and Matthew R. Muehlhausen (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses and methods can provide for technology includes a turbofan engine subassembly having an inlet surface with a first side and a second side, and one or more flow effectors coupled to the inlet surface, wherein the flow effector(s) transition from a retracted position to an extended position on the second side of the inlet surface in response to an ambient temperature on the first side o...