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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172175 | Pivoting door thrust reverser for a turbofan gas turbine engine A pivot arrangement for a thrust reverser door of a gas turbine engine, the pivot fitting having a base and a shaft projecting from a main side of the base. The shaft receives a preferably curved pivot arm of the door to provide a low profile arrangement which impro... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172176 | Integral composite slider for aircrafts A slider apparatus integral with a slidable member and a method for integrating the slider apparatus with the slidable member. The slider apparatus integrated with the slidable member may be configured to slidably couple with and be structurally supported by a fixed... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162257 | Nacelle for double flow engine A nacelle for double-flow engine with a cowling and at least one thrust reverser, the thrust reverser having an internal door and an external door arranged in the cowling, and means for simultaneously shifting these doors between a stable retracted position in which... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8109468 | Nacelle for aircraft comprising means of reversing thrust and aircraft comprising at least one such nacelle Aircraft nacelle including a cowling and an engine, the cowling including a fixed portion and a mobile portion able to slide in order to define a radial opening with the mobile portion, a thrust reverser system including a plurality of flaps intended to be deployed ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109466 | Thrust reverser cascade assembly and AFT cascade ring with flow deflector portion An aircraft engine thrust reverser cascade assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced cascade segments, each cascade segment including a plurality of spaced vanes including an aft-most vane, and an aft end. The cascade assembly also includes an aft ca... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109467 | Thrust reverser assembly with shaped drag links A thrust reverser blocker door assembly for use in turbofan engines includes an engine nacelle with an aft translating cowl that is movable from a stowed position to a deployed position. An engine case is disposed within the engine nacelle forming an airflow duct th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8096501 | Aircraft nacelle which includes thrust reverser system and aircraft incorporating at least one such nacelle Aircraft nacelle which includes a cowl with a longitudinal axis, an engine housed in the cowl, an annular channel surrounding the engine and designed to receive a secondary flow, wherein the cowl includes a fixed part and a moving part which slides along the longitu... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091827 | Thrust reverser door A thrust reverser door provides in one aspect a separation of structural and aerodynamic functions through the provision of individual structures. In some embodiments, an aerodynamic element is adjustable in position, while in other embodiments, the relative positio... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8052086 | Thrust reverser door A thrust reverser door is provided, in one configuration, with a plurality of peripherally-disposed frames circumferentially spaced apart from one another and projecting radially inwardly on an interior side of the door to thereby provide a channel for redirecting t... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052085 | Thrust reverser for a turbofan gas turbine engine The thrust reverser includes, in one aspect, an interior flow deflector which defines a portion of a substantially continuous and uninterrupted nozzle interior surface with the interior of a jet pipe when the door is in a stowed position, thereby reducing aerodynami... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8002217 | System for adjustment of thrust reverser pivot door A system that allows for quick and easy adjustment of the position of a thrust reverser pivot door comprises an actuator rod end bolt and a pair of pivot door hinge pins, all of which have an eccentric element. The actuator rod end bolt includes a cylindrical portio... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7954759 | Control system for the nacelle of a turboreactor The invention relates to an electrical control system for the nacelle of a turboreactor, comprising a plurality of electromechanical maneuvering elements for a plurality of actuating devices embodied as auxiliary parts of the turboreactor. The invention is character... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7878451 | Low-leakage seal system for pivot door type thrust reverser A low-leakage seal system for a pivot door type thrust reverser comprises a forward seal, an aft seal, and a pair of seal stops. The forward seal is attached to a forward portion of a thrust reverser. The aft seal is attached to an aft portion of the pivot door. The... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7784735 | Aircraft pod and aircraft equipped with at least one such pod A pod for an aircraft including a cowling, an engine housed in the inner volume of the cowling, an annular channel circulating a secondary thrust flow arranged between the engine and the cowling, and at least one thrust reverser for forming a reverse flow from the s... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7735778 | Pivoting fairings for a thrust reverser The thrust reverser is used with a gas turbine engine and includes first and second doors pivotable between a stowed position and a deployed position. When deployed, pivoting fairings on the first door are moved so as to give room to the second door as its trailing ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7559507 | Thrust reversers including locking assemblies for inhibiting deflection Aircraft systems having thrust reversers with locking assemblies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an aircraft system includes a fan casing and a thrust reverser attached to the fan casing. The fan casing includes a first member. The thrust reverser includes ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7409820 | Electrical thrust reverser tertiary lock system including a voltage limiting circuit A system for moving an aircraft thrust reverser component includes a power drive unit, a thrust reverser actuator assembly, and a tertiary lock system. The power drive unit is operable to rotate and supply a rotational drive force. The thrust reverser actuator assem... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370468 | Turbojet electromechanical thrust reverser with servo-controlled door displacement A turbojet thrust reverser includes two doors each displaceable between an open position and a closed position of the reverser by at least one respective control actuator. Two electric motors drive the control actuators for the doors; each motor being controlled by ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350619 | Auxiliary power unit exhaust duct with muffler incorporating an externally replaceable acoustic liner Methods and apparatus are provided for an exhaust duct having an externally replaceable acoustic liner. The exhaust duct includes a forward section that is configured to be axially coupled with a bulkhead collar on the aircraft, a body section that is coupled to the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334395 | Aircraft structure that includes a duct for guiding fluid flow therethrough An aircraft structure includes a duct having an inlet for fluid flow into the duct and a first outlet for fluid flow out of the duct. The duct is configured to guide fluid flow out of the duct through the first outlet in an at least partially reversed direction rela... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7278257 | Turbojet electromechanical thrust reverser with synchronized locking devices A turbojet thrust reverser has two doors that are displaceable between a reverser open position and a reverser closed position, each door being controlled by a respective electronic control unit connected to a FADEC, and each door having a respective locking device ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275362 | Thrust reversers including latching mechanisms and methods for manufacturing such thrust reversers Thrust reversers having latching mechanisms and methods for manufacturing such thrust reversers are disclosed herein. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment includes a thrust reverser having a first inner panel and a second inner panel opposite the fir... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264203 | Spider actuated thrust reverser A thrust reverser includes reverser doors circumferentially spaced around a nacelle. An arcuate yoke is disposed coaxially around the nacelle. An actuator is mounted tangentially to the yoke for rotary movement thereof. Actuator rods join the doors to the yoke for s... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7210283 | Maintenance and inhibition plate for a thrust reverser Each manual control unit for a moving part of a thrust reverser is associated with a maintenance plate that is pivotable between at least two positions: a first or “normal operation” position in which said plate prevents the manual control unit with which it is ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7165744 | Turbine engine arrangements A fan turbine engine arrangement is provided in which a core engine is aligned such that an input of a nacelle is aligned with the upwash of a wing to which the arrangement is secured. The engine drives a fan such that bypass flows produced by the fan are guided by ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7146796 | Nested latch thrust reverser A thrust reverser includes reverser doors pivotally mounted in a nacelle. Each door includes a latch pin mounted at a distal end thereof. A complementary latch hook is pivotally mounted in the nacelle for engagement with the pin to latch closed the reverser door. A ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124981 | Thrust reverser utilizing integrated structural bypass duct A thrust reverser having an engine cowl, a nacelle, a blocker door, a nacelle door and a cascade vane. The engine cowl has a hollow body that shrouds a jet engine and which includes a cowl opening. The nacelle surrounds the engine cowl and includes a nacelle opening... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7107757 | Aircraft provided with thrust reversers Some but not all engines of an aircraft are provided with thrust reversers. A safety device disables, at least from the position corresponding to idling, the action of the throttles corresponding to the engines devoid of thrust reversers when the thrust reversers ar... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 about the nozzle of the jet engine until deployed. In the stowed positi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 to the frame to selectively cover and uncover the apertures for contr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093424 | Thrust reverser system electro-mechanical brake manual release mechanism A manual release mechanism for a thrust reverser actuation system electromechanical brake includes a first release plate, a second release plate, at least two balls, and a handle. The first and second release plates each have grooves formed therein that have a cam s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055329 | Method and apparatus for noise attenuation for gas turbine engines using at least one synthetic jet actuator for injecting air A method enables a gas turbine engine to be operated. The method comprises channeling exhaust gases from a core engine through an exhaust assembly and past at least one flow boundary surface, and selectively operating a noise suppression system extending from the at... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043897 | Square ultra thrust reverser system A thrust reverser system for jet engine comprising a tailpipe, Square/trapezoidal clamshell doors and actuators, wherein the tailpipe and clamshell doors may be corrugated, the corrugations can be mating, the actuators may be situated out of the external free air fl... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017717 | Twine brake for large round baler A large round baler is provided with a twine wrapping arrangement including a twine dispensing arm, a twine separating or severing device located between the dispensing arm and a baling chamber and a twine brake located between the separating device and the baling c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010905 | Ventilated confluent exhaust nozzle An exhaust nozzle includes an outer duct surrounding an inner duct. The inner duct includes a main outlet, and a row of apertures spaced upstream therefrom. The outer duct includes a row of intakes at a forward end, an auxiliary outlet at an aft end, and surrounds t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007454 | Locking system on a cascade thrust reverser The invention provides a locking system on a cascade thrust reverser for a bypass turbojet, the reverser (20) comprising guide means (60) for the movable parts (50), and the guide means (60) comprising rails (64) attached to the mo... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976352 | Toggle interlocked thrust reverser A fan thrust reverser includes a nacelle having radially outer and inner skins. An outer door is disposed in the outer skin, and mounted to the nacelle at a hinge joint. A toggle link is pivotally joined between the outer door and the nacelle for latching stowed the... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968675 | Cascadeless fan thrust reverser with plume control A thrust reverser for a turbofan engine having an air duct defined radially inwardly by a wall around the turbofan engine and radially outwardly in part by a fan cowl of the engine. A bulkhead is adapted to be mounted on the fan cowl having a shaped surface defining... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 the deploy or stow directions, when the thrust reversers are out of t... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926234 | Electromechanical turbojet thrust reverser with continuous position control A turbojet thrust reverser includes two doors each controlled by a respective electronic control unit, at least one sensor per door measuring at least one item of position data concerning the door, at least one sensor of each door being connected to the electronic c... | 08/09/2005 |
