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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Jean-pierre Lair, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jean-Pierre Lair, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Aeronautical Concepts of Exhaust, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A translating cowl composed of two sub-structures forms the thrust reverser for a turbofan engine. The two sub-structures form the rear part of a nacelle, are translatable, and have operative and inoperative modes of operation. The operative mode is used for direct or reverse thrust operation of the engine and the inoperative mode is used for access to the engine.