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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Applicant:
Alfred M. Stern, Manchester, CT (US);
Inventor:
Alfred M. Stern, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/06 (2006.01); F02K 1/08 (2006.01); F02K 1/00 (2006.01); F02K 1/10 (2006.01); F02K 1/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/085 (2013.01); F02K 1/002 (2013.01); F02K 1/10 (2013.01); F02K 1/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbofan engine includes a variable area fan nozzle which effectively changes the physical area and geometry within a fan bypass flow path to manipulate the pressure ratio of the bypass flow with a multitude of bladders circumferentially located about a core cowl.