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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US);
Inventor:
Robert William Parks, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan apparatus is disclosed, including a duct having an inlet opening, a fan mounted in the duct, and a plurality of louver devices positioned at the inlet opening. Each louver device has an open position and a closed position, and adjacent louver devices define a plurality of airflow channels. Each airflow channel has a curvature profile that changes as the louver devices move between open and closed positions.