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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Robert H. Bush, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Sean Zamora, Coventry, CT (US);
Harry Culver, Colchester, CT (US);
Donald William Peters, Colchester, CT (US);
Robert H. Bush, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Sean Zamora, Coventry, CT (US);
Harry Culver, Colchester, CT (US);
Donald William Peters, Colchester, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
An axial divergent section slot nozzle for an engine is provided. The nozzle has a plurality of spaced apart divergent flaps, at least one device for moving the divergent flaps to change a cross sectional area of the nozzle in a throat region, and a bridge member positioned intermediate adjacent ones of the flaps. The bridge member includes a bridge bracket and a sealing element joined to the bridge bracket. The sealing element has an upper surface. The bridge bracket has a lower surface which diverges from the upper surface of the sealing element. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the bridge bracket has a shape which allows variable slot size depending on nozzle throat jet area.