Patent ID: 8226048

Claim:
An aircraft system, comprising: an airfoil having an external flow surface, the external flow surface comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the airfoil forming a base link; a six-bar linkage coupled to the airfoil and having a configuration that includes: a binary second link pivotably connected to the airfoil at a first location; a ternary third link pivotably connected to the second link; a binary fourth link pivotably connected to the third link; a ternary fifth link pivotably connected to the fourth link and pivotably connected to the airfoil at a second location, the first and second locations being fixed relative to each other; and a binary sixth link pivotably connected to the third link and the fifth link; and a deployable leading edge panel carried by the linkage, the leading edge panel being movable via the linkage between a stowed position and at least one deployed position.