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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Edward B. Pero, Somers, CT (US);
Inventor:
Edward B. Pero, Somers, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 11/00 (2006.01); F02K 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nozzle for use in a gas turbine engine includes nozzle doors coupled with a fan nacelle wherein the nozzle doors move in unison between a plurality of positions to influence a bypass airflow through a fan bypass passage. A linkage connects the nozzle doors and an actuator. A louver section coupled with the linkage moves in unison with the nozzle doors between a plurality of louver positions to direct a portion of the bypass airflow in a selected direction.