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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Malkus, Albany, NY (US);
Trevor Howard Wood, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kishore Ramakrishnan, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A propulsor is provided having a power source; a fan section coupled to the power source and configured to provide thrust opposite a downstream direction; and a cowl assembly at least partially enclosing the power source and the fan section, the cowl assembly including: a forward cowl component; a first aft cowl component disposed in the downstream direction relative to the forward cowl component and movable to vary a first aft cowl displacement from the forward cowl component in the downstream direction; and a second aft cowl component disposed in the downstream direction relative to the first aft cowl component and movable to vary a second aft cowl intermediate displacement from the first aft cowl component.