Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable-capture supersonic inlet
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Application No.: US14674170Application Date: 2015-03-31
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Publication No.: US09908633B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Thuy Huynh , David J. Wilson
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agent Felix L. Fischer
- Main IPC: B64D33/02
- IPC: B64D33/02 ; F02C7/042 ; B64C1/00

Abstract:
An engine inlet for efficient operation at both design Mach number and off-design Mach numbers has a fixed compression surface and a leading edge that is variably extendible over the fixed compression surface to simultaneously vary capture area, compression and shock wave position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160288917A1 VARIABLE-CAPTURE SUPERSONIC INLET Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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