Hidden drag link for thrust reverser assembly
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorTimothy Gormley
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Abstract
A thrust reverser assembly may comprise a cascade of vanes and a sleeve configured to translate relative to the cascade of vanes. The sleeve may include an inner sleeve portion, an outer sleeve portion, and a pressure sleeve portion. The pressure sleeve portion may be located radially inward of the outer sleeve portion and may extend forward from the inner sleeve portion. A blocker door may be hingedly coupled to the pressure sleeve portion. A drag link may be pivotably coupled to the blocker door. A forward end of the drag link may be configured to deploy radially inward in response to aft translation of the sleeve.
Claims7
A thrust reverser assembly, comprising:
- a cascade of vanes;
- a sleeve configured to translate relative to the cascade of vanes, the sleeve including an inner sleeve portion, an outer sleeve portion, and a pressure sleeve portion, the pressure sleeve portion being located radially inward of the outer sleeve portion and extending forward from the inner sleeve portion;
- a blocker door hingedly coupled to the pressure sleeve portion;
- a drag link pivotably coupled to the blocker door, wherein a forward end of the drag link is configured to deploy radially inward in response to aft translation of the sleeve;
- a link roller located at an aft end of the drag link;
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- a link track coupled to the inner sleeve portion and configured to receive the link roller such that the link roller causes the drag link to rotate about a pivot joint located proximate an aft end of blocker door;
- wherein the drag link is pivotably coupled to the blocker door via the pivot joint located proximate the aft end of the blocker door and the aft end of the drag link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.