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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert Henry Willie, Bothell, WA (US);
Paul R. Tretow, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/02 (2006.01); F02C 7/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/141 (2006.01); F04D 29/58 (2006.01); F02C 7/18 (2006.01); F02C 6/08 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01); F02C 6/04 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/04 (2013.01); B64D 13/02 (2013.01); B64D 13/06 (2013.01); F02C 6/04 (2013.01); F02C 6/08 (2013.01); F02C 7/141 (2013.01); F02C 7/18 (2013.01); F02C 7/185 (2013.01); F04D 29/584 (2013.01); B64D 2033/024 (2013.01); B64D 2241/00 (2013.01); F05D 2250/51 (2013.01); Y02T 50/675 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0536 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for supplying air to a precooler. Air flow is created through a fan duct in an engine system. A first portion of the air flow is directed into a first inlet of an inlet system to feed a first half of the precooler. A second portion of the air flow is directed through the fan duct into a second inlet of the inlet system to feed a second half of the precooler.