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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US);
Carlos A. Lopez, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Lisa K. Martini-Saliers, Chula Vista, CA (US);
David Gaul, San Diego, CA (US);
Jose S. Alonso-Miralles, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Keith E. Ritchie, San Diego, CA (US);
Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a sound-absorbing exhaust center plug for an aircraft gas turbine engine comprising a center plug adapted for attachment within an exhaust nozzle of the engine. The center plug comprises an outer skin, and at least one cavity within the center plug and the at least one cavity extending between a forward bulkhead and an aft bulkhead, where the aft bulkhead is canted inwardly. The outer skin includes a plurality of outer skin openings providing an acoustic pathway through the outer skin and into the at least one cavity.