Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployable assembly for a propulsor
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Application No.: US16279244Application Date: 2019-02-19
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Publication No.: US11485481B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- 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
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- 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; a propulsor mounted to the fuselage at the aft end of the fuselage, the propulsor comprising an outer nacelle, the outer nacelle defining an inlet to the propulsor; and a deployable assembly attached to at least one of the fuselage or the outer nacelle and moveable 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. The propulsor further comprises a tail cone, wherein the outer nacelle defines an exhaust with the tail cone, and wherein the plurality of nacelle panels are movable generally along the axial centerline to a position at least partially aft of the exhaust of the outer nacelle when in the engaged position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190176971A1 DEPLOYABLE ASSEMBLY FOR A PROPULSOR Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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