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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2010
Applicants:
Stephen A. Morford, Marlborough, CT (US);
Michael J. Larkin, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Inventors:
Stephen A. Morford, Marlborough, CT (US);
Michael J. Larkin, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of providing a slim-line nacelle for a gas turbine engine includes the steps of detecting a windmilling condition and increasing a discharge airflow area of a variable area fan nozzle in response to the detection of the windmilling condition.