Vectoring exhaust nozzle for an aircraft powerplant
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorMichael Murphy
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Abstract
An assembly is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft assembly includes a powerplant. The powerplant includes a gas turbine engine, an exhaust nozzle and a flowpath extending from the gas turbine engine to the exhaust nozzle. The exhaust nozzle is movable between a first position and a second position. The exhaust nozzle is configured to exhaust combustion products, received through the flowpath from the gas turbine engine, when the exhaust nozzle is in the first position. The exhaust nozzle is configured to block flow of the combustion products through the flowpath when the exhaust nozzle is in the second position.
Claims17
An assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
- a powerplant including a gas turbine engine, an exhaust nozzle and a flowpath extending from the gas turbine engine to the exhaust nozzle;
- the exhaust nozzle movable between a first position and a second position;
- the exhaust nozzle configured to exhaust combustion products received from the flowpath when the exhaust nozzle is in the first position;
- the exhaust nozzle configured to block flow of the combustion products through the exhaust nozzle when the exhaust nozzle is in the second position;
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- a passage extending through the exhaust nozzle along a nozzle centerline, wherein the nozzle centerline of the exhaust nozzle in the first position is angularly offset from the nozzle centerline of the exhaust nozzle in the second position by an included angle.
An assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
- a powerplant including a gas turbine engine, an exhaust duct, an exhaust nozzle, a vent and a flowpath extending from the gas turbine engine, through the exhaust duct, to the exhaust nozzle;
- the exhaust nozzle rotatable between a first position and a second position;
- the vent comprising a vent door, the vent configured to close an opening in a sidewall of the exhaust duct using the vent door when the exhaust nozzle is in the first position, and the vent configured to open the opening in the sidewall of the exhaust duct when the exhaust nozzle is in the second position;
- the exhaust nozzle is configured to exhaust combustion products received through the exhaust duct from the gas turbine engine when the exhaust nozzle is in the first position;
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- the exhaust nozzle configured to block flow of the combustion products through an end of the exhaust duct when the exhaust nozzle is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.