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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert Michael Laramee, Fort Worth, TX (US);
David L. Miller, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/04 (2006.01); F02K 1/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/04 (2013.01); F02K 1/825 (2013.01); B64D 2033/045 (2013.01); F05D 2220/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust system has an engine exhaust plane associated with an entrance to the exhaust system, an exhaust exit plane associated with an exit of the exhaust system, a forward cap movable relative to the engine exhaust plane and configured to selectively intersect the engine exhaust plane, and an aft cap movable relative to the exhaust exit plane and configured to selectively intersect the exhaust exit plane.