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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Kevin Beardsley, Derby, GB;
Marc Pons Perez, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 29/06 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F02K 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 29/06 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); F02K 1/06 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01); F05D 2250/312 (2013.01); F05D 2250/90 (2013.01); F05D 2260/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine () comprising a rear cowl () defining an exhaust aperture () and a motive system. The rear cowl () comprises at least one panel () and the motive system is operable to selectively move the panel () between deployed and stowed configurations by rotation of the panel () about an axis substantially parallel to the main rotational axis of the engine (). This alters the area of the exhaust aperture ().