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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1998
Michael S Ulanoski, Louisville, KY (US);
Jagdish S Sokhey, Loveland, OH (US);
Allison Engine Co., Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A thrust directing mechanism to vector thrust and control discharge throat area with a number of vanes mounted across the passage. The mechanism includes a control link pivotally coupled to each of the vanes. The control link is selectively movable to correspondingly pivot the vanes and has at least two degrees of freedom corresponding to a two coordinate position. A desired orientation of the vanes may be determined as a function of the two coordinate position. The discharge exit area is contracted by adjusting convergence of the vanes. During convergence, the vanes are pivoted to various pivot angles selected to optimize thrust efficiency when contracting the throat area.