Patent ID: 7954769

Claim:
An aircraft system, comprising: a lifting body; a deployable aerodynamic device carried by and movable relative to the lifting body, the aerodynamic device including a first component pivotably coupled to the lifting body at a first location, and a second component translatably coupled to the lifting body at a second location, the first and second components being pivotably connected to each other at a third location; and an actuator device coupled to the aerodynamic device and positioned to move the aerodynamic device relative to the lifting body along a motion path between a stowed position and a deployed position, the aerodynamic device being exposed to an adjacent airstream when in the deployed position; and wherein the first component includes a first panel, the second component includes a second panel, and the actuator device includes at least one actuator coupled between the lifting body and the first panel at the first location to rotate the first panel relative to the lifting body, causing the second panel to translate along a guide path and rotate relative to the lifting body.