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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C Van Nostrand, Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Charles A Parente, Oyster Bay, NY (US);
Noe Arcas, Plainview, NY (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415119 ; 181206 ; 244 / ; 381 71 ;
Abstract
The present invention is embodied in an aircraft engine noise absorption system having a resonator cavity for absorbing incident noise except for a residue noise signal having a predominant frequency, the system comprising an actuator providing an actuator acoustic signal, a noise sensor for sensing the predominant frequency, and a controller for setting the actuator acoustic signal to the predominant frequency and varying one of a phase and an amplitude of the actuator acoustic signal to decrease the residue noise signal.