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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Thomas Richardson Pinney, Long Beach, CA (US);
Michael Best, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Embler, Tustin, CA (US);
William P. Keith, Lakewood, CA (US);
Aristidis Sidiropoulos, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Edward T. Tong, Palo Verdes Peninsula, CA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for restricting movement in a flow mixer including a plurality of lobes that each includes a trough, using a stiffener mechanism, are provided. The stiffener mechanism includes a first end portion configured to be coupled to a first lobe of the plurality of lobes and a second end portion configured to be coupled to a second lobe of the plurality of lobes. The stiffener mechanism also includes a body portion coupled between the first end portion and the second end portion such that the body portion is configured to restrict movement of the first and second lobes.