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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
May. 21, 2021
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Dmitriy B. Sidelkovskiy, Ellington, CT (US);
Steven H. Zysman, Amston, CT (US);
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A nacelle may comprise an inlet cowling comprising an inlet cowling aft edge having an aft edge length; a boat tail cowling comprising a boat tail cowling forward edge having a forward edge length, wherein the boat tail cowling forward edge is disposed adjacent to the inlet cowling aft edge. The forward edge length may be shorter than the aft edge length, forming a step being defined by a portion of the inlet cowling aft edge that is radially outward of the boat tail cowling forward edge. The nacelle may further comprise a transition fairing coupled to the boat tail cowling, wherein the transition fairing comprises a fairing forward edge disposed adjacent to the inlet cowling aft edge and a fairing ramp surface spanning between the inlet cowling aft edge and a boat tail cowling external surface.