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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
John H Mueller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 / ; 244 / ; 23926523 ; 23926517 ;
Abstract
An exhaust nozzle for a gas turbine engine includes a converging inlet duct disposed in flow communication with a diverging outlet duct at a throat therebetween. An ejection slot is disposed at the throat, and compressed air from the engine is selectively injected through the slot for fluidically varying flow area at the throat for exhaust gases from the engine.