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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Nicolas Boulet, Toulouse, FR;
Sébastien Affortit, Brax, FR;
Nicolas Boulet, Toulouse, FR;
Sébastien Affortit, Brax, FR;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S., Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
An air inlet for nacelle of an aircraft propulsion unit comprising an inner envelope provided with a plurality of orifices for passage of fluid passing through the envelope, and a lip connected to the upstream edge of the inner envelope, and having a portion devoid of orifices for passage of fluid with an axial span of between 20% and 90% of the span of the inner envelope, and a circumferential span a of between 60° and 150° about a longitudinal axis of the air inlet. A process for repairing an air inlet comprising cutting out a recess in an upstream edge of an inner envelope of the air inlet, then arranging and fixing an impermeable panel in the recess so as to create an air inlet of the type described above.