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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
John M. Welch, Wichita, KS (US);
Thomas Scott, Wichita, KS (US);
Michael P. Urban, Wichita, KS (US);
Matthew Tymes, Wichita, KS (US);
John M. Welch, Wichita, KS (US);
Thomas Scott, Wichita, KS (US);
Michael P. Urban, Wichita, KS (US);
Matthew Tymes, Wichita, KS (US);
Spirit AreoSystems, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
An aircraft nacelle comprising an outer cowl having an inner wall and an outer wall surrounding the inner wall. The inner wall may have an inner opening formed therethrough and the outer wall may have an outer opening formed therethrough at an aft end of the nacelle. The nacelle may further comprise a translating panel configured to cover the inner and outer openings in a stowed position and to translate aft to a deployed position. The translating panel may be fixed to cascade guide vane panels which rest between the inner and outer wall in the stowed position and are exposed to airflow via the inner and outer openings when translated aft to the deployed position, thereby increasing a nozzle area of the nacelle. Guide vanes of the cascade guide vane panels are angled slightly aftward to direct the nacelle's airflow outward and aftward.