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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
William K Barcza, Palm City, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K / ; B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60230 ; 60232 ; 23926535 ; 23926541 ;
Abstract
A convergent/divergent nozzle (14) has five trains of flaps. Each train is comprised of an inboard (26) and outboard (20) convergent flap, an inboard (48) and outboard (44) divergent flap and an external flap (62). The five external flaps (62) maintain their symmetry while vectoring, whereby overlapping of adjacent flaps is obtained. The inboard and outboard convergent flaps are individually driven (32,36) by a common unison ring (28).