Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployable assembly for a propulsor
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Application No.: US15244032Application Date: 2016-08-23
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Publication No.: US10252791B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Lawrence Chih-hui Cheung , Nikolai N. Pastouchenko , Kishore Ramakrishnan
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent Peter A. Flynn
- Main IPC: B64C21/08
- IPC: B64C21/08 ; B64C21/06 ; B64D29/04 ; B64C1/16 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D33/02 ; B64D33/04 ; B64D27/02

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end. The aircraft additionally includes a propulsor mounted to the fuselage at the aft end of the fuselage, the propulsor including an outer nacelle and the outer nacelle defining an inlet. Additionally, the aircraft includes a deployable assembly attached to at least one of the fuselage or the outer nacelle, the deployable assembly movable between a stowed position and an engaged position. The deployable assembly alters an airflow towards the propulsor or into the propulsor through the inlet defined by the outer nacelle when in the engaged position to increase an efficiency of the aft fan and/or of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180057150A1 DEPLOYABLE ASSEMBLY FOR A PROPULSOR Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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