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Patent No.:

US 9004399 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2007
Applicant:

Ashok K. Jain, Tempe, AZ (US);

Inventor:

Ashok K. Jain, Tempe, AZ (US);

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 29/00 (2013.01); B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0226 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0286 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nacelle assembly for a turbine engine has a cowl for a turbine engine. The cowl has a first surface spaced from a second surface. The second surface defines defining a bypass flow passage. A flow volume is spaced between the first surface and the second surface. A plurality of holes are disposed on the cowl. Each of the plurality of holes are configured to alter local air pressure about one of the first surface and the second surface of the cowl. The plurality of holes are in communication with the flow volume.


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