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Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

May. 10, 2024
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Jason Christopher Parsons, Summerville, SC (US);

Thomas Chlaupek, Charleston, SC (US);

Rocco Tomasso, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeremiah D. Langston, Summerville, SC (US);

Taurus Brackett, Ii, Summerville, SC (US);

Patrick James Macko, North Charleston, SC (US);

Jeffrey Scott Harasha, Bellevue, WA (US);

Daniel Joseph Goering, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrew David Clark, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2013.01); F01D 25/12 (2013.01); B64D 2033/024 (2013.01); F05D 2260/232 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nacelle inlet for an engine. The nacelle inlet includes an inner flow surface, an outer flow surface, and a turbulator segment positioned along the inner flow surface. The turbulator segment extends outward beyond the inner flow surface and is configured to transition laminar airflow along the inner flow surface upstream from the turbulator segment to turbulent airflow downstream from the turbulator segment.


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