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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Applicant:
Kristofer J. Bottome, Nottingham, GB;
Inventor:
Kristofer J. Bottome, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); B64C 11/14 (2006.01); F02C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/06 (2013.01); B64C 11/14 (2013.01); F02C 7/04 (2013.01); F03D 1/0691 (2013.01); F05B 2280/5001 (2013.01); F05D 2300/501 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nose cone assemblyis disclosed, comprising a one piece nose coneand a support ringon which the nose coneis mounted. The support ringcomprises a plurality of circumferentially distributed resilient attachment tabs, via which the nose coneis mounted on the support ring. The support ringfurther comprises a load spreader, and each of the resilient attachment tabsis operably connected to the load spreader, such that deflections and forces experienced by any one attachment tabare distributed to other attachment tabsvia the load spreader