United Technologies Corporation

United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

Larry E Anders

Joel F Sutton

W Kevin Barcza

Allen R Mattson

The external flaps (32), which contain the ram air, continue to form a conical structure during vectoring. External flaps (32) are hinged to the unison ring (30) with ejector flaps (34) hinged to the external flaps. A scissors linkage ( 48 ) joins each ejector flap (34) to the adjacent external flops. A spaced slider connection (58) guides, from the ejector flaps (34), the divergent flaps (26) which are joined to the convergent flaps (20) with a universal joint (28).

Thrust vectoring ejector nozzle

A fan engine having a core engine and a fan duct has bleed ports positioned circumferentially around the compressor housing of the core engine to bleed flow into the fan duct. A strap covers the circumferential line of holes and it is moved between an open and closed position by a U-shaped flexure element which biases the bleed port seal strap to an open position while an actuator moves the seal strap to a position to close the bleed ports. The ends of said U-shaped flexure elements are connected to the ends of the seal strap and are connected to links which insure that the ends of the strap are moved in a predetermined path.

Compressor bleed system

An air-cooled, variable-throat, convergent-divergent nozzle for a turbojet engine. Active cooling constituent structures of the nozzle include: passages, for flow of cooling air, integral to, and within, convergent and divergent flaps and seal members; finned sections in nozzle components which are provided air from the passages; air exit slots on the convergent flaps; a hinged connection at each convergent flap-to-divergent flap (and divergent seal member) interconnection; staggered air outlet openings in each divergent flap; and, a tubular air feed system to provide cooling air from each divergent flap to an adjacent cooperating divergent seal member. Passive cooling is accomplished: by seal members overlapping adjacent side edges of convergent and divergent flaps, preventing leaking of cooling air and hot gas through the side edges; and, by a sealing hinged connection at each convergent flap-to-divergent flap (and divergent seal member) interconnection.

Finned surface cooled nozzle

A bellcrank assembly, adapted for mounting on, and actuating, a convergent flap of the exhaust nozzle of a turbojet engine. The unique structure of the assembly, unlike the prior art, transmits radial and bi-directional thrust loads to the flap utilizing low cost stamped and formed sheetmetal components, with the loads being transmitted directly into the skin of the flap. The bellcrank assembly is structured for external mounting on the convergent flap, thereby permitting easy inspection, maintenance and service, without the need to disassemble other nozzle hardware; and, it includes angular contact bearings with cross-corner path arrangement, and bellcrank link arms and a bellcrank actuator arm which actually physically comprise the housing of the bellcrank.

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Larry E Anders