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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2004
Applicants:
John Michael Koshoffer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randy Lee Lewis, Lebanon, OH (US);
Inventors:
John Michael Koshoffer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randy Lee Lewis, Lebanon, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An afterburner includes an exhaust duct with a fixed area outer nozzle at an aft end thereof, and an ablative inner nozzle therein. The smaller inner nozzle is consumed during reheat operation to expose the larger outer nozzle for increased propulsion thrust.