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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:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Etienne Fage, Ramatuelle, FR;
Jean-Pierre Lair, Plaisance, FR;
Assignee:
The Dee Howard Company, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K / ; F02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
239 11 ; 23926529 ; 23926537 ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
A jet engine for an aircraft has a thrust reverser including one or more doors which define at least a part of the throat of the engine's nozzle. The engine further includes a latch mechanism for retaining the doors in a stowed position. The doors may be deployed for reversal of engine thrust, but are also capable while stowed of being pivoted in a limited way to change the cross-section area of the throat of the nozzle.