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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joe E. Sternberger, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 3/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 3/304 ;
Abstract
An aircraft engine thrust reverser includes a bi-fold door having a first panel pivotally attached to a nacelle and a second panel hingedly connected to the first panel. The second panel is slidingly received within a pair of tracks disposed within the nacelle. A compression link provides mechanical communication between the second panel and an efflux control assembly such that the bi-fold door is hingedly openable when slidingly urged along the tracks when the compression link responds to the efflux control assembly.