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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Ashok K. Jain, Tempe, AZ (US);
Michael Winter, New Haven, CT (US);
Inventors:
Ashok K. Jain, Tempe, AZ (US);
Michael Winter, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nacelle assembly includes an inlet lip section having a highlight diameter and a throat diameter. One of the highlight diameter and the throat diameter is fixed and the other of the highlight diameter and the throat diameter is selectively adjustable in each of a first direction and a second direction relative to the inlet lip section to influence a contraction ratio associated with the inlet lip section.