Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular plenum and duct system for controlling boundary layer airflow
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Application No.: US14262494Application Date: 2014-04-25
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Publication No.: US09758240B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Keith T. Brown
- Applicant: ROHR, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Chula Vista
- Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Chula Vista
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F04D31/00
- IPC: F04D31/00 ; B64C21/06 ; B64D33/02

Abstract:
A system for controlling aircraft boundary layer airflow comprising a frame structure configured to be coupled or integral to an inner surface of an aircraft nacelle, the frame configured to support to the nacelle, and/or a modular plenum configured to be received by the frame structure, the modular plenum comprising a truncated tetrahedron intersected at its apex by a duct. The frame may comprise a plurality of sub-frames. The system may further comprise a plurality of modular plenums, each configured to fit within a sub-frame. The system may further comprise a flexible material configured to couple a first duct to a second duct. The system may further comprise a nacelle configured to receive the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160137291A1 MODULAR PLENUM AND DUCT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING BOUNDARY LAYER AIRFLOW Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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