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7334394 |
Localized arc filament plasma actuators for noise mitigation and mixing enhancement
A device for controlling fluid flow. The device includes an arc generator coupled to electrodes. The electrodes are placed adjacent a fluid flowpath such that upon being energized by the arc...
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7310939 |
Device for reducing the jet noise of a turbomachine
A device for reducing the jet noise of a turbomachine, the turbomachine having a longitudinal axis and a substantially cylindrical nozzle extending along the longitudinal axis of the turbomachine,...
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7290723 |
Aerosol splitter for ELSD
The present invention is directed to a device for splitting a propelled aerosol cloud. The device utilizes a curved spray chamber and a thermal technique to divert any desired portion of the...
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7272930 |
Exhaust diffuser assembly with tunable velocity profile
A turbine engine exhaust diffuser assembly having a tuneable exhaust velocity profile is disclosed. The assembly includes structure that generates a desired, tunable velocity profile within working...
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7229029 |
Propulsion system
A propulsion system for a jet- or rocket-propelled vehicle in which the resulting jet exhaust nozzle profile is a 3D spiral. The propulsion system can be applied to any jet- or rocket-propelled...
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7225622 |
Turbine engine nozzle
A turbine engine nozzle assembly has an upstream flap and a downstream flap pivotally coupled thereto for relative rotation about a hinge axis. An actuator linkage is coupled to the downstream flap...
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7204209 |
Lance for injecting fluids for uniform diffusion within a volume
An injection lance for injecting a fluid over a predefined target area within a system includes a support block with an inlet side and an outlet side. A plurality of channels are disposed...
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7178338 |
Variable area nozzle
An exhaust nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine, the assembly comprises a main axis, an inner nozzle, an outer nozzle, a translatable centre-body and an actuator for translating the centre-body...
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7174718 |
Device for controlling propulsive jet mixing for aircraft jet engines
A device for controlling propulsive gas mixing at an outlet of an aircraft jet engine, wherein propulsive jets are composed of a hot primary jet exiting from a nozzle of the jet engine and a...
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7159383 |
Apparatus, method and system for gas turbine engine noise reduction
An apparatus for reducing gas turbine engine noise, such as noise generated by an aircraft gas turbine engine, comprises at least one and preferably a plurality of gas injectors for injecting gas...
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7155898 |
Thrust vector control system for a plug nozzle rocket engine
A thrust vector control system for a plug nozzle rocket engine for propelling and maneuvering a vehicle is disclosed. The plug nozzle rocket engine includes a housing having a nozzle throat, a plug...
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7117681 |
Thrust control valve
A thrust control valve includes a nozzle having a gas supply chamber, a gas jetting chamber and a connecting passage therebetween. The nozzle has an upstream inner surface defining the gas supply...
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7114323 |
Jet exhaust noise reduction system and method
A system for reducing jet noise emission from an internally mixed gas turbine engine exhaust, comprising a fan/core flow mixer having a plurality of mixer lobes and a common flow nozzle having an...
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7104500 |
Thrust reverser with sliding pivot joints
A target type thrust reverser is provided for reversing the thrust of jet engines, particularly on aircraft. The thrust reverser preferably has a plurality of doors that occupy a stowed position...
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7096662 |
Variable area throat exhaust nozzle with vectorable sideways shifting of exhaust flow
A nozzle includes a sideways split and aftwardly swept nozzle ramp extends between a fixed lower nozzle wall and a pivotal upper nozzle wall pivotally connected to an aft end of the nozzle and...
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7096661 |
Axial divergent section slot nozzle
An axial divergent section slot nozzle for an engine is provided. The nozzle has a plurality of spaced apart divergent flaps, at least one device for moving the divergent flaps to change a cross...
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7093793 |
Variable cam exhaust nozzle
An exhaust nozzle includes an exhaust duct with an outlet and a row of radial apertures upstream therefrom. A radial frame surrounds the duct upstream from the apertures. A row of flaps are hinged...
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7065957 |
Segmented mixing device for jet engines and aircraft
Disclosed is a means for reducing jet engine exhaust noise wherein mixing is enhanced between adjacent exhaust flows and between exhaust flow and free-stream flow. Also disclosed is a means for...
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7055307 |
Vectorable nozzle with sideways pivotable ramp
A vectorable nozzle includes a longitudinally extending upper fixed wall spaced upwardly and aftwardly of a longitudinally extending lower fixed wall and an aftwardly swept fixed ramp extending...
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7032835 |
Convergent/divergent nozzle with modulated cooling
A nozzle system includes a multiple of circumferentially distributed convergent flaps, divergent flaps and inter-flap seals which circumscribe an engine centerline and define the radial outer...
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7017331 |
Jet nozzle mixer
A second stage external jet nozzle mixer ( 20 ) includes identically formed lobes which equal in number the lobes of the first stage internal mixer. The external mixer works with the internal...
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7013650 |
Flexible flap for a variable-section turbomachine nozzle
In a variable-section turbomachine nozzle, a plurality of flexible follower flaps are provided that are interposed between adjacent controlled flaps against which the follower flaps are held by...
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7000853 |
System and method for control of fluid dispense pump
In a fluid pump and cartridge assembly, a cartridge includes a material inlet port, a material outlet port, and a feed screw. The feed screw delivers fluid to be dispensed from the fluid inlet to...
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6988674 |
Method and apparatus for suppressing infrared signatures
An infrared signature suppression system for reducing infrared radiation emitted by a vehicle. The system includes an elongate duct mounted on the vehicle having a hollow interior extending along...
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6973774 |
Hybrid propulsion system
While commercial jet aircraft are capable of transporting large pay load economically, the same is not true for rockets. To solve this problem, a hybrid propulsion system is proposed for use in...
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6971240 |
Methods and apparatus for exhausting gases from gas turbine engines
A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine. The method comprises mounting a core engine to a vehicle, coupling a fuselage radially outward and around the core engine, and coupling an...
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6971229 |
Confluent exhaust nozzle
A gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle includes a nacelle having an inlet and main outlet at opposite ends, and a main duct extending therebetween. A secondary bypass duct extends radially through the...
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6959881 |
Nozzle assembly of dishwasher
A nozzle of a dishwasher reduces a space for installing a supplementary nozzle on a main nozzle by having first and second connectors coupled to be caught on each other between main and auxiliary...
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6935097 |
Lock assembly that inhibits thrust reverser movement at or near the stowed position
A lock assembly for a thrust reverser system that prevents thrust reverser deployment when the thrust reversers are in the stowed position, but does not prevent thrust reverser movement, in either...
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6915984 |
Apparatus and method for mounting a cascade support ring to a thrust reverser
A thrust reverser for a jet engine of a mobile platform. The thrust reverser includes a hinge beam defining a first track and a latch beam defining a second track. The thrust reverser also includes...
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6910328 |
Vectorable variable area nozzle
A vectorable variable area nozzle is formed by a pair of parallel sidewalls, a pair of opposed clamshell elements arranged between the sidewalls and each able to rotate about an axis perpendicular...
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6869046 |
Aircraft propulsive power unit
An aircraft having a propulsive power unit supported in a fuselage mounted configuration and including an engine and a nacelle structure housing the engine. The nacelle structure is provided with...
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6845945 |
Thrust reverser with sliding pivot joints
A target type thrust reverser is provided for reversing the thrust of jet engines, particularly on aircraft. The thrust reverser preferably has a plurality of doors that occupy a stowed position...
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6810656 |
Thrust reverser system power drive unit with dual sequential torque decoupler and method
A thrust reverser system that includes one or more power drive units operable to supply a drive force. The power drive unit includes a motor and at least two output sections, each operably coupled...
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6745570 |
Methods and apparatus for sealing gas turbine engine nozzles using a flap system
A method for assembling a flap system for a gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle including a plurality of backbone assemblies facilitates extending a useful life of the exhaust nozzle. The method...
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6742721 |
Shock wave aerosolization method and apparatus
A pneumatic inhaler that is able to deliver a controlled burst or dose of aerosol from a reservoir of liquid medication. The inhaler is suitable for the aerosolization of liquid medication that is...
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6718752 |
Deployable segmented exhaust nozzle for a jet engine
An exhaust flow nozzle for a jet engine having a plurality of flow altering components extending from a lip portion of a secondary exhaust nozzle that are movable between first and second...
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6705547 |
Active noise reducing nozzle
A nozzle where the sector into which noise reduction is sought (the direction of populated areas) has a moving lip, driven by actuators in an oscillatory, periodic or sinusoidal motion, around the...
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6688098 |
Backup locking system for a thrust reverser door
A backup locking system for a thrust reverser door comprises a catch pivotally mounted by a pivot pin to a fixed structure of the thrust reverser. A hook with a self-locking profile is provided at...
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6668541 |
Method and apparatus for spraying fuel within a gas turbine engine
A fuel spraybar assembly for spraying fuel within a gas turbine engine. The spraybar assembly includes radial and lateral members that distribute fuel within the flowpath. In one embodiment two...
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6655125 |
System architecture for electromechanical thrust reverser actuation systems
An electromechanical thrust reverser actuation system that is designed with non-symmetric redundant channels is interfaced with an aircraft engine control system that is also redundantly designed....
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6651438 |
Rocket nozzle assembly having rotatable variable thrust control cylinders, and rocket assembly comprising the same
A rocket nozzle assembly is provided for operatively coupling to a rocket motor. The assembly includes a nozzle insert structure having a converging-diverging passageway with a throat region. First...
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6640537 |
Aero-engine exhaust jet noise reduction assembly
A gas turbine engine of a fan bypass type includes an exhaust shroud having a perforated tubular wall extending between a forward end and an aft end. The exhaust shroud is adapted to be affixed to...
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6622964 |
System for the synchronized locking of the doors of a thrust reverser
In a turbojet thrust reverser comprising, in an annular section of an outer cowling of the turbojet, a number of movable doors which, in an inactive position during operation in a forward thrust...
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6622472 |
Apparatus and method for thrust vector control
A multi-lobed, low friction vane, thrust vector controller is disclosed. Low friction vanes are independently movable into and out of the thrust of the exhaust of a jet engine. All vanes may be...
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6606854 |
Exhaust mixer and apparatus using same
Disclosed is an exhaust mixer ( 50 ) including a passage ( 54 ) extending from an inlet ( 56 ) to an outlet ( 58 ) that is coincident with a centerline axis of mixer ( 50 ). Several ridges ( 68 )...
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6584763 |
Lock for the translating sleeve of a turbofan engine thrust reverser
A cascade type thrust reverser for an air duct of a turbofan engine includes a lock mechanism mounted on a track beam that supports the translating sleeve. A locking portion of a lock member of the...
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6578607 |
Article comprising a diffuser with flow control features
A diffuser comprises a conduit having a cross-sectional area that increases in a direction fluid flow. In one embodiment, the diffuser is used to reduce the incidence and severity of flow...
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6578355 |
Bloom mixer for a turbofan engine
The invention relates to lobe-type mixer tube for a bypass jet engine in which a bypass flow delivered by a fan is mixed with a hot gas stream issuing from the core engine, said lobe-type mixer...
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6571549 |
Jet noise suppressor
A jet noise suppressor is disclosed. The jet noise suppressor includes first and second high frequency pulse injection units located exteriorly of the turbine engine exhaust nozzle. The pulse...
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