ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,925, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).
"Morphing airfoil" was invented by Jared Neely (Troy, Ohio) and James Joo (Centerville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure defines a morphing airfoil having a dynamic flexible skin system that is capable of carrying high level aerodynamic (or fluid) pressure loads over a structural surface. The structural surface can morph and deflect in response to control inputs to change a lift force without separate movable control surfaces. The anisotropic skin is attached to und...