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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Thuy Huynh, Ofallon, MO (US);
Inventor:
Thuy Huynh, Ofallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure is generally directed to a system, aircraft and a method of operation of an aircraft engine including an intake portion and an exhaust portion, an engine inlet, oriented in a forward direction to the intake portion, the engine inlet defined by a peripheral cowling that directs airflow to the intake portion of the aircraft engine, and a spiral cone positioned proximate the engine inlet, the spiral cone including a variable compression surface area that directs airflow immediately in front of the engine inlet.