Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Castellated latch mechanism for a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US14774168Application Date: 2014-03-13
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Publication No.: US10060292B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Nigel David Sawyers-Abbott
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Hartford
- Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Hartford
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/025191 WO 20140313
- International Announcement: WO2014/197057 WO 20141211
- Main IPC: B64D29/08
- IPC: B64D29/08 ; F01D25/26 ; B64D29/06 ; F01D25/28 ; F02K1/72 ; F02C7/20 ; F01D25/24 ; F01D15/10 ; F02C3/04 ; F02K1/80

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a fan duct including a fan duct inner structure that surrounds a core engine, a fan case that surrounds a fan, a core engine frame, and at least one mechanism configured to secure a portion of the fan duct inner structure to a portion of the core engine frame. The at least one mechanism includes a castellated arcuate portion mounted to one of the fan duct inner structure and the core engine frame and an inwardly projecting retaining feature mounted to the other of the fan duct inner structure and the core engine frame. The castellated arcuate portion is rotatable about an engine central longitudinal axis to position a feature of the castellated arcuate portion proximate to a portion of the inwardly projecting retaining feature to latch the fan duct inner structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160032779A1 CASTELLATED LATCH MECHANISM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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