Invention Grant
- Patent Title: AFT engine nacelle shape for an aircraft
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Application No.: US15794648Application Date: 2017-10-26
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Publication No.: US10358228B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Patrick Michael Marrinan , Thomas Lee Becker , Kurt David Murrow , Jixian Yao
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectadt
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectadt
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64D29/04
- IPC: B64D29/04 ; B64D27/20 ; B64C1/16 ; B64D33/02 ; B64C21/06

Abstract:
An aircraft is provided including a fuselage and an aft engine. The fuselage defines a top side, a bottom side, and a frustum located proximate an aft end of the aircraft. The frustum defines a top reference line extending along the frustum at a top side of the fuselage, and a bottom reference line extending along the frustum at a bottom side of the fuselage. The top and bottom reference lines meet at a reference point aft of the frustum. The fuselage further defines a recessed portion located aft of the frustum and indented inwardly from the bottom reference line. The aft engine includes a nacelle extending adjacent to the recessed portion of the fuselage such that the aft engine may be included with the aircraft without interfering with, e.g., a takeoff angle of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180057182A1 AFT ENGINE NACELLE SHAPE FOR AN AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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