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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2020
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Michael Laramee, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael E. Rinehart, Euless, TX (US);
William Steyer, Topsfield, MA (US);
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC, Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
One embodiment includes a multistage infrared suppression exhaust system for an aircraft, including: a stage one including a first exhaust conduit to receive a first exhaust air flow at a first temperature-pressure product TP, a second exhaust conduit to receive a second exhaust air flow at a second temperature-pressure product TP, and a flow integrator mechanically configured to mix the first exhaust air flow with the second exhaust air flow in an integration chamber while preventing back flow into the second exhaust conduit; and a stage two including a stage two cooling airflow to cool the mixed first and second exhaust air flows.