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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
David S. Chambers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Justin D. Cottet, Snohomish, WA (US);
David W. Foutch, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark N. Simpson, Kirkland, WA (US);
David S. Chambers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Justin D. Cottet, Snohomish, WA (US);
David W. Foutch, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark N. Simpson, Kirkland, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for preventing foreign object damage (FOD) to aircraft engines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a deployable blocker is coupled to a wing portion and/or a fuselage portion of the aircraft and is configured to prevent debris from travelling on a direct trajectory from a landing gear wheel to an engine air inlet. In other embodiments, the blocker can prevent debris from bouncing off the wing lower surface into the engine inlet, or sticking to the wing lower surface and falling into the engine inlet. The deployable blocker can cover at least a portion of the landing gear when the landing gear is retracted and the blocker assembly stowed. In another embodiment, the blocker can be mounted to the landing gear.