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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Dean L. Parham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventor:
Dean L. Parham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 11/00 (2006.01); F02K 1/00 (2006.01); F02K 3/02 (2006.01); B63H 11/10 (2006.01); F02K 1/72 (2006.01); F02K 1/09 (2006.01); F02K 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/72 (2013.01); F02K 1/09 (2013.01); F02K 1/48 (2013.01); F05B 2250/61 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of varying a fan duct throat area of a gas turbine engine may include non-pivotably moving a fan nozzle outwardly relative to a longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine during axially aft translation of the fan nozzle without activating a thrust reverser.