The Boeing Company

Cav Advanced Technologies Limited

John A Weidler

Jack William Mauldin

David W Kwok

Edward L Lawson

Antonio B Gonzales

Andrew C Kulak

Robert Steven Wright

Charles William Rust

George A McEachen

Connie Phung

Martin Wood

Mark D Byers

Sarah M Wickham

Rita J Olander

Daniel W Baisley

A fire extinguishing system includes a storage vessel and a fluidic oscillator. The storage vessel is configured to contain a fire extinguishing agent. The fluidic oscillator is configured to receive the fire extinguishing agent from the storage vessel, and discharge a continuous jet of the fire extinguishing agent while oscillating the jet back and forth through a sweep angle.

Fire extinguishing system and method

A method for producing a nacelle inlet assembly includes forming a composite panel that has a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) material. The composite panel is formed to have a curved contour that represents at least a portion of an annular barrel shape. The method includes applying a metallic coating to the composite panel to form a lipskin. The metallic coating is applied such that the metallic coating defines an exterior surface of the lipskin and the composite panel defines an interior surface of the lipskin. The method includes laser drilling a plurality of perforations through the lipskin. The laser drilling involves emitting a laser beam that impinges upon the interior surface of the lipskin and penetrates the CFRP material of the composite panel before penetrating the metallic coating and exiting the lipskin through the exterior surface.

Method for producing a perforated nacelle inlet assembly

A fire extinguishing system including a fluid storage container configured to store a fire extinguishing agent, and a fluid stream separating device coupled to the fluid storage container, where the fire extinguishing agent passes from the fluid storage container through the fluid stream separating device so that the fluid stream separating device raises a temperature of at least a portion of the fire extinguishing agent flowing through the fluid stream separating device above a boiling point of the fire extinguishing agent at ambient environmental conditions of a discharge location of the fluid stream separating device.

Fire extinguishing system and method therefor

Methods and apparatus for supporting engines and nacelles relative to aircraft wings are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a nacelle; a first support structure coupled between a wing and a first side of the nacelle along a thrust axis of an engine; a second support structure coupled between the wing and a second side of the nacelle along the thrust axis, the first support structure spaced apart from the second support structure on the wing, a longitudinal plane to extend through the first support structure, the second support structure, and the thrust axis, the first support structure to be rigidly fixed relative to the wing to substantially prevent movement of the engine by the first support structure, the second support structure to be rigidly fixed relative to the wing to substantially prevent movement of the engine by the second support structure, the first and second support structures to be coupled to opposite sides of the engine to enable thrust loads to be reacted through the first and second support structures to the wing.

Methods and apparatus for supporting engines and nacelles relative to aircraft wings

Methods and apparatus for supporting engines and nacelles relative to aircraft wings are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first support structure to be coupled to a wing, a second support structure to be coupled to the wing and a nacelle. The support structures are coupled to opposite sides of the nacelle. The support structures are to be coupled to opposite sides of an engine to enable thrust loads to be reacted through the support structures to the wing.

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Lynnwood, WA, United States of America

John A Weidler