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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Dean Leon Parham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventor:
Dean Leon Parham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/00 (2006.01); F02K 3/02 (2006.01); B63H 11/10 (2006.01); F02K 1/54 (2006.01); F02K 1/72 (2006.01); F02K 1/76 (2006.01); F02K 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/06 (2013.01); F02K 1/72 (2013.01); F02K 1/763 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method comprising a fan nozzle sleeve, a plurality of slider mechanisms, and a fan nozzle actuator system. A flow of gases generated by an engine moves through and exits the engine at an aft end of the fan nozzle sleeve. The plurality of slider mechanisms is configured to connect the fan nozzle sleeve to a translating sleeve for a thrust reverser for the engine. The fan nozzle actuator system is configured to activate the plurality of slider mechanisms to move the fan nozzle sleeve in an aft direction to change a direction of the flow of gases exiting the engine at the aft end of the fan nozzle sleeve.