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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Safran, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Jean-Louis Robert Guy Besse, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;

Ye-Bonne Karina Maldonado, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;

Assignee:

SAFRAN, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 7/02 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract

A propulsion system for an aircraft, comprising at least one rotor and a nacelle fairing extending around the at least one rotor with respect to an axis of rotation of the rotor, the nacelle fairing comprising: an upstream section forming an inlet section of the nacelle fairing; a downstream section wherein a downstream end forms an outlet section of the nacelle fairing; and an intermediate section connecting the upstream and downstream sections, wherein the downstream section comprises a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall made of a deformable shape memory material, and further comprising at least one actuator mechanism with at least one cylinder configured to cooperate with one or more components, projections, etc., embedded in an inner surface of the radially outer wall so as to vary an outer diameter of the outlet section between a minimum diameter and a maximum diameter.


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