- Patent Title: Translating nacelle wall for an aircraft tail mounted fan section
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Application No.: US15282098Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10752371B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Lawrence Chih-hui Cheung
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64D29/06
- IPC: B64D29/06 ; B64C7/02 ; B64D27/02 ; F02K1/06 ; B64C11/28 ; B64C23/00 ; F02K1/52 ; B64C21/06 ; B64D27/18 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D29/04

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a fan section positioned on a tail section of an aircraft, in which the fan section defines a circumferential direction, a radial direction, and an axial direction. The fan section includes a fan and a nacelle. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades and a fan shaft, in which the plurality of fan blades are rotatable with the shaft. The nacelle includes a wall at least partially enclosing the fan. The wall includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion translates relative to the second portion between a first, closed position in which the wall of the nacelle circumferentially encloses the fan and a second, open position in which at least a portion of the fan is unenclosed by the wall of the nacelle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180093777A1 TRANSLATING NACELLE WALL FOR AN AIRCRAFT TAIL MOUNTED FAN SECTION Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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