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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Wooten, Jr, Evendale, OH (US);
Donald W Speir, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
23926535 ; 23926539 ;
Abstract
A nonaxisymmetric, variable area, exhaust nozzle is provided with thrust vectoring capabilities in one plane. The nozzle incorporates an upper, thrust vectoring flap to control direction of thrust over various flight conditions, and a lower, area control flap that is pivoted to modify size and location of the nozzle throat. The structural aspects of this nozzle provide a unique capability to vector thrust up to 60 degrees while changing the nozzle throat position to a region downstream of the vectoring of the exhaust gases.