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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mustafa Dindar, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott Andrew Burton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Keith Edward James Blodgett, Milford, OH (US);
Richard David Cedar, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/78 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F02K 1/09 (2006.01); F02K 1/00 (2006.01); F02K 1/06 (2006.01); F02K 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/78 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F02K 1/00 (2013.01); F02K 1/06 (2013.01); F02K 1/08 (2013.01); F02K 1/09 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbofan exhaust nozzle includes: a conical inner shell disposed coaxially inside a surrounding outer shell to define an annular flow duct therebetween terminating in an outlet at a trailing edge of the outer shell and the inner shell terminates in a trailing edge aft of the outlet; and a pylon interrupting circumferentially the duct, wherein at least a portion of the trailing edge of the outer shell is vertically non-coplanar.