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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1994
Anthony Blakeley, Rockford, IL (US);
Timothy S Konicek, Rockford, IL (US);
Gregory E Horihan, Rockford, IL (US);
William D Sherman, Hampshire, IL (US);
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Abstract
The difficulty and expense of fabricating a support strut for a ram air driven turbine are reduced by providing an axially opening channel in a central portion of the strut. Blockage of a portion of the airstream flowing through the ram air turbine and past the strut is reduced by extending the axially opening channel through the entire axial length of the strut. Apparatus for converting or transferring power generated by the ram air turbine to a point of use, such as an aircraft, is routed through the axially opening channel, thereby allowing convenient access to such apparatus. A strut design is provided which may be readily manufactured as a single unitary structure from a variety of metallic and non-metallic materials including fiber reinforced composites.