| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 239265250 | Plural controlled outlets | 9 |
| 20120325930 | VARIABLE AREA FAN NOZZLE AND THRUST REVERSER - An example nozzle for use in a gas turbine engine includes a nozzle door having a first end, a second end opposed from the first end, and a first pivot on the door between the first and second ends. A linkage connects to the nozzle door and to an actuator. The actuator is selectively operative to move the linkage about a second pivot to in turn move the nozzle door about the first pivot between a plurality of positions, such as stowed, intermediate, and thrust reverse positions to influence bypass airflow through a fan bypass passage. The fan bypass passage has a radially outward side defined by a nacelle in at least one position. At least a portion of the nozzle door is radially outward of the nacelle and includes a lip extending from the nozzle door between the first pivot and one of the first end and second end. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130306755 | Linked Ring Petal Actuation for Variable Area Fan Nozzle - A variable area fan nozzles comprising an array of rigid petals hinged to a lip area at the downstream end of a thrust reverser sleeve (or half-sleeve). In one embodiment, the actuation system comprises a rotatable ring segment, a drive system for rotating the ring segment, a plurality of cams attached or integrally formed with the ring segment, a plurality of cam followers, and a plurality of petal linkages which operatively couple the petals to the cam followers. This actuation system controls the deflection of the petals, thereby controlling the amount of opening and the rate at which the fan nozzle throat area changes. Each cam may have forward- and rearward-facing camming surfaces that interact with the cam followers to force the petals to pivot outward or inward respectively. | 11-21-2013 |
| 239265270 | Selective total discharge through diversely shaped or directed outlets | 7 |
| 20090065609 | INJECTOR - An injector includes a nozzle hole formation part having a nozzle_hole formation area and nozzle holes in at least one circle shape in the formation area. The formation area is divided into central and peripheral regions by a predetermined circle, the former inward from the predetermined circle and the latter in the periphery of the central region. The nozzle holes include outputting nozzle holes in the peripheral region and at least one cooling nozzle hole in the central region. Fuel through the outputting nozzle holes contributes to engine output. A smaller amount of fuel than a fuel amount through the outputting nozzle hole is injected through the cooling nozzle hole to cool the central region. A ratio of a second total fuel amount through the cooling nozzle hole to an overall total fuel amount ranges from 0.05 to 0.37. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090134243 | AIR-OIL SEPARATOR - The present invention provides an air-oil separator comprising a first region having a mixture of air and oil, a second region wherein separation of at least some of the oil from the air-oil mixture occurs and at least one multi-directional injector plug located on a rotating component in flow communication with the first region and the second region, the multi-directional injector plug having a discharge head that is oriented such that at least a part of the air-oil mixture discharged therefrom has a component of velocity that is tangential to the direction of rotation of the rotating component. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20110204161 | DOOR WITH MOVABLE SPOILER FOR DOOR-TYPE THRUST REVERSER - The present invention relates to a door ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20160146156 | CASCADE SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A thrust reverser system may comprise a cascade radially positioned about a centerline of an engine or a nacelle centerline. Various cascade features may be positioned at a constant radius from the centerline while other features vary according to station and/or circumferential position. | 05-26-2016 |
| 239265290 | Controller moves into fluid path from position closing one outlet | 3 |
| 20120138707 | THRUST REVERSAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to a thrust reversal device ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120193448 | REVERSE THRUST DEVICE - The invention relates to a jet engine nacelle reverse thrust device ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130075494 | VAFN SYSTEMS WITH NOZZLE LOCKING ASSEMBLIES - A nozzle locking assembly is provided for an aircraft with a thrust reverser actuation system (TRAS) having a transcowl and a variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) system having a nozzle. The nozzle locking assembly includes a rod coupled to a fixed structure of the aircraft; and a locking mechanism mounted on the transcowl and configured to, when the transcowl is in a first position, engage the rod to unlock the nozzle locking assembly and to, when the transcowl is in a second position, disengage from the rod to lock the nozzle locking assembly | 03-28-2013 |
