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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1987
Paul W Herrick, Jupiter, FL (US);
Edward B Thayer, Jupiter, FL (US);
Jim D Stewart, Jupiter, FL (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A yaw and pitch thrust vectoring exhaust nozzle includes a spherical collar, and two surrounding clam shells hinged to a gimbal ring and pivotal about an axis perpendicular to the clam shell hinge axis. The clam shells define a variable area nozzle throat (42) which can be selectively directed vertically by rotation of the clam shells about the hinge axis (38), or horizontally by rotation of the clam shells and gimbal ring about the pivot axis (30), thereby biasing the nozzle exhaust flow vector. Divergent flaps (44, 46) further direct the exhaust downstream of the nozzle throat (42). '