Patent ID: 11945586
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A method of moving a control surface of an aerodynamic body relative to a support structure of the aerodynamic body, the method comprising:
moving a first roller of the control surface along a first movement pathway defined by a first track; and
moving a second roller of the control surface along a second movement pathway shaped differently than the first movement pathway, the second movement pathway defined by a second track, the second roller displaced from the first roller along at least along a spanwise direction of the aerodynamic body, wherein a first linkage is rotatably coupled to the first track and the support structure; wherein a second linkage is rotatably coupled to the second track and the support structure, and wherein the first linkage has a different length from the second linkage.