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Patent No.:

US 8973370 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2014

Low shock strength propulsion system

Applicant:

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);

Inventor:

Timothy R. Conners, Savannah, GA (US);

Assignee:

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);

Attorney:

Ingrassia, Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Phutthiwat Wongwian

Assistant Examiner:

Rene Ford

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 7/08 (2006.01); F02K 99/00 (2009.01); F02B 27/00 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); F02K 1/34 (2006.01); B64D 29/00 (2006.01); F02K 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 33/06 (2013.01); B64D 29/00 (2013.01); F02K 3/025 (2013.01); B64D 2033/026 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0273 (2013.01);
Abstract

A supersonic nacelle design employing a bypass flow path internal to the nacelle and around the engine is disclosed herein. A set of aerodynamic vanes may be used to shape a supersonic airflow within a bypass around an engine. The vanes may be capable of compressing the supersonic airflow into a subsonic airflow, direct the subsonic airflow around the engine, and then expand the subsonic airflow into a supersonic exhaust. The vanes may shape the airflow by reducing sonic boom strength, cowl drag, and airframe interference drag.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Conners, Timothy. (2015). Low shock strength propulsion system (U.S. Patent No. 8973370). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8973370

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