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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1985
Ronald L Robinson, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Fred L Honeycutt, Jr, Lake Park, FL (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A flap for a jet engine flap-type nozzle is constructed of a plurality of sheet metal louver elements along the length of the flap, each louver element has a forward U-section having a forward flange and a rearward flange with an interconnecting bottom portion, a plate member extends rearwardly from the end of the rearward flange at the open end of the U-section, the plate member extending over the U-section of its adjacent louver element, the plurality of louver elements being connected together by welding the forward flange to the mating rearward flange, a beam plate extending axially along the U-sections and being fixed thereto, the plate members of adjacent louvers being free to move relative to each other; a stiffener is fixed to the sides of the flap formed by the ends of the plate members, permitting the free movement.