Patent classifications
F02K1/00
NACELLE AERODYNAMIC SPOILER
An aircraft engine nacelle spoiler assembly including a number of spoilers and actuators. Each spoiler has a drag surface and a nacelle connection point. The spoilers are shiftable via the actuators between a stowed position and a deployed position such that the drag surfaces are substantially parallel with the direction of relative wind when the spoilers are stowed and exposed to the relative wind when the spoilers are deployed.
Coanda device for a round exhaust nozzle
A gas turbine engine system is disclosed herein. The gas turbine engine system includes an engine core configured to discharge air through an exhaust nozzle along a central axis and a thrust director arranged near the exhaust nozzle and configured to redirect the discharge air by applying flow to the discharge air near the exhaust nozzle.
AIRCRAFT WITH ELECTRIC PROPULSOR
A propulsor includes an electric motor, a fan unit, and a thrust system positioned downstream of and coupled to the fan unit. The electric motor converts electrical power to mechanical rotation to rotationally drive the fan unit and create an air stream directed towards the thrust control system
High performance convergent divergent nozzle
A turbofan engine includes a fan section. A core engine section drives the fan section. An outer nacelle surrounds the fan section and defines a radially outer surface of a fan duct. An inner nacelle surrounds the core engine section and defines a radially inner surface of the fan duct. A nozzle is disposed at a terminal end of the outer nacelle that defines an exit area for bypass air flow through the fan duct. The nozzle includes a convergent portion forward of a divergent portion and a turning angle for the divergent portion greater than about 12 degrees. A nacelle assembly and method are also disclosed.
FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM AND THRUST AND LIFT GENERATOR FOR AERIAL VEHICLES
A vehicle includes a main body and a gas generator producing a gas stream. At least one fore conduit and tail conduit are fluidly coupled to the generator. First and second fore ejectors are fluidly coupled to the at least one fore conduit. At least one tail ejector is fluidly coupled to the at least one tail conduit. The fore ejectors respectively include an outlet structure out of which gas from the at least one fore conduit flows. The at least one tail ejector includes an outlet structure out of which gas from the at least one tail conduit flows. First and second primary airfoil elements have leading edges respectively located directly downstream of the first and second fore ejectors. At least one secondary airfoil element has a leading edge located directly downstream of the outlet structure of the at least one tail ejector.
AIRCRAFT JET ENGINE COMPRISING MEANS FOR VARYING ITS OUTPUT SURFACE AREA
A dual flow jet engine comprising a core, a surrounding nacelle, delimiting, with the core, a secondary jet, and having a structure and an outer skin fixed to the structure. The nacelle comprises an annular structure through which windows delimited by the annular structure are produced between the secondary jet and the outside. Each window has a regulation system comprising at least one shutter having an outer face, a leading and a trailing edge. Each shutter is mounted articulated at the nacelle structure window at its leading edge and is mobile between a closed position wherein the trailing edge is close to the outer skin and so the shutter closes the window and an open position where the shutter trailing edge moves outwards away from the outer skin to free the window, and for each shutter, a maneuvering system to displace the shutter between the open and closed positions.
Aircraft with a hot air exhaust that comprises two pivotally mounted exhaust sections
An aircraft with at least one engine that generates a hot air flow in operation of the aircraft, wherein at least one hot air exhaust is provided for exhausting the generated hot air flow, the at least one hot air exhaust comprising at least one first exhaust section that is mounted in a rotatable manner to at least one second exhaust section via an associated off-axis swivel joint, wherein an actuating member is provided that is adapted for applying a turning moment to the at least one second exhaust section in operation of the aircraft in order to displace a longitudinal axis of the at least one second exhaust section with respect to a longitudinal axis of the at least one first exhaust section by a predetermined displacement angle.
Propulsion system for an aircraft
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a rotor and a nacelle fairing that extends around the rotor in relation to an axis. The nacelle fairing includes an upstream portion forming an inlet section of the nacelle fairing as well as a downstream portion, a downstream end of which forms an outlet section of the nacelle fairing. The downstream portion includes radially inner and outer walls, both of which are made of a deformable shape memory material. The wall has independently actuatable piston actuator mechanisms, each actuator mechanism being actuatable independently of the others and being designed to cooperate with means built into an inner surface of the wall to deform the wall in a radial direction in relation to the axis under the effect of a predetermined displacement command.
PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
The invention relates to a propulsion system (1, 1) for an aircraft, comprising a rotor (2) and a nacelle failing (3) that extends around said rotor in relation to an axis (X) and includes an upstream portion (10) forming an inlet section (BA) of the nacelle fairing (3) as well as a downstream portion (20), a downstream end (21) of which forms an outlet section (BF) of the nacelle fairing (3); and characterized in that the downstream portion (20) has a radially inner wall (20a) and a radially outer wall (20b), both of which are made of a deformable shape memory material, and in that the downstream end (21) includes pneumatic or hydraulic actuators (23, 23) extending in different consecutive angular sectors about said axis (X), each actuator being independently actuatable and being configured to deform, in a direction that extends radially in relation to said axis (X) and is centered angularly in relation to its angular sector, under the effect of a predetermined control pressure.
Turbine engine with a flow splitter having a profile with inclined serrations
An airflow profile structure having a leading and/or trailing edge profiled with a serrated profile having a succession of teeth and depressions. Along the leading and/or trailing edge, from a first location to a second location, the teeth of the serrated profile are individually inclined towards the second location.