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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1989
Filed:
May. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rudolph J Novotny, Stuart, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
23926535 ; 60228 ; 23926541 ; 23926543 ; 244 52 ;
Abstract
A variable area, convergent-divergent (10) nozzle for directing the flow of exhaust gas from an aircraft turbine engine to achieve thrust vectoring about yaw, pitch and roll axes includes a convergent section (16) and a divergent section (18) each comprised of hingedly connected planar members (201-214, 301-322) selectively positioned by actuators (101-114) for defining deformable gas directing flow ducts.