F02K 1/72
The aft end of the fan housing being movable to uncover openings
Official title: the aft end of the fan housing being movable to uncover openings in the fan housing for the reversed flow
F02K1/72 (The aft end of the fan housing being movable to uncover openings) appears on 719 US grants and 763 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02K- Granted patents
- 719
- Published applications
- 763
- Assignees
- 81
- Inventors
- 807
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 41 | 29 |
| 2024 | 39 | 42 |
| 2025 | 48 | 26 |
| 2026 | 14 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable area fan exhaust nozzle having mechanically separate sleeve and thrust reverser actuation systems474US 5,778,659 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1998
- Variable fan exhaust area nozzle for aircraft gas turbine engine with thrust reverser143US 5,806,302 ARohr, Inc. · 1998
- Thrust reverser with variable nozzle100US 5,655,360 AGeneral Electric Company · 1997
- Turbojet engine thrust reverser with variable exhaust cross-section94US 4,922,713 ASociete anonyme dite Hispano-Suiza · 1990
- Cascade type aircraft engine thrust reverser with hidden link actuator85US 5,228,641 ARohr, Inc. · 1993