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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
Darrell Glenn Senile, Oxford, OH (US);
Valentine Robert Boehm, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bernard James Renggli, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Darrell Glenn Senile, Oxford, OH (US);
Valentine Robert Boehm, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bernard James Renggli, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aircraft gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle basesheet includes longitudinally extending plurality of basesheet segments. Each of the basesheet segments includes a panel body between segment leading and trailing edges and slidable sealing joints with slidingly un-restrained center surfaces between adjacent segment leading and trailing edges. Segmented first and second basesheet side edges first and second segment side edges of the basesheet segments respectively. Slidably sealingly engaged overlapping flanges at the segment leading and trailing edges include tacked together transversely spaced apart first and second distal ends of the overlapping flanges. Leading and trailing edge ribs supporting the overlapping flanges are clipped together with longitudinally spaced apart and transversely extending forward and aft slits in retainers. A spine includes transverse stiffeners with first and second stiffener distal ends attached to longitudinally spaced apart sets of transversely extending first and second spine tabs of the spine.