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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Michael J. Murphy, Vernon, CT (US);
Curtis C. Cowan, East Hampton, CT (US);
Stephen A. Paul, Andover, CT (US);
James P. Allore, South Windsor, CT (US);
Meggan Harris, Colchester, CT (US);
Michael J. Murphy, Vernon, CT (US);
Curtis C. Cowan, East Hampton, CT (US);
Stephen A. Paul, Andover, CT (US);
James P. Allore, South Windsor, CT (US);
Meggan Harris, Colchester, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A nozzle system includes a multiple of circumferentially distributed convergent flaps, divergent flaps and inter-flap seals which circumscribe an engine centerline and define the radial outer boundary of a gas path. Each divergent flap includes a multiple of cooling channels with respective intakes and outlets. As the nozzle transitions between positions, the divergent flap seals move relative a divergent flap longitudinal axis to modulate the cooling airflow which enters the separate intakes.