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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:
Dec. 31, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Lippmeier, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
23926541 ; 23926533 ; 2393975 ;
Abstract
An exhaust nozzle flap seal includes a seal plate, a support member, and structure for joining the support member to the seal plate which is effective for allowing the seal plate to slide relative to the support member for accommodating differential thermal movement therebetween. In a preferred, exemplary embodiment, the exhaust nozzle flap seal is disposed in combination with a vectorable, axisymmetric, variable area exhaust nozzle and is also effective for accommodating twist of the flap seal when the exhaust nozzle is positioned for vectoring thrust.