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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Mark E. Howe, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Inventor:
Mark E. Howe, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 11/00 (2006.01); F02K 3/02 (2006.01); F02K 1/00 (2006.01); B63H 11/10 (2006.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 2300/206 (2013.01); A63F 2300/406 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3202 (2013.01); G07F 17/3218 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3232 (2013.01); H04M 1/0254 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01); H04M 1/72544 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of varying a fan duct nozzle throat area of a gas turbine engine includes pivoting a fan nozzle outwardly relative to a longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine. The fan nozzle is configured to move axially non-contemporaneously with the pivoting of the fan nozzle.