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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Applicants:
Rolls-royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
David L. Sutterfield, Greenwood, IN (US);
Jack D. Petty, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Bryan H. Lerg, Carmel, IN (US);
Andrew Sanderson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignees:
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/04 (2006.01); F02K 1/08 (2006.01); F02K 1/52 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/04 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); F02K 1/08 (2013.01); F02K 1/52 (2013.01); F05D 2250/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust nozzle for use with a gas turbine engine includes an outer shroud and a nozzle-plug assembly coupled to the outer shroud. The nozzle-plug assembly includes an inner plug and at least one support vane that is coupled to the outer shroud to support the inner plug in an exhaust nozzle flow path.