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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Inventor:
Robert A Ress, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01); F02C 7/18 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/06 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); B64D 33/08 (2013.01); F01D 9/04 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F01D 25/28 (2013.01); F02C 7/18 (2013.01); B64C 2201/048 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2250/13 (2013.01); F05D 2260/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A small aircraft such as a UAV having a gas turbine engine with the outer bypass elements removed from the engine, and where the airframe is modified to form the bypass duct and exhaust nozzle for the fan produced bypass flow of the engine in order to reduce weight, size and cost of the small aircraft. The outer casing and the exhaust nozzle is removed from the engine and optimally integrated into the airframe structure.