Collapsible cover for engine inlet and method for covering engine inlet
AssigneeGulfstream Aerospace Corporation
InventorsAndrew Martin, Kristin Medin, Scott Bohanan
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Abstract
An engine inlet cover and a method for covering an engine inlet are provided. A method for covering an engine inlet includes providing a collapsible cover comprising a connection pin defining an axis; a frame including interconnected arms; and a web. Further, the method includes storing the collapsible cover in a stowed configuration in which the arms are aligned. Also, the method includes rotating the arms from the stowed configuration to an operating configuration in which the arms are radially spaced about the axis, enclosing the frame in the operating configuration with the web to define an interior volume, and placing the cover over the engine inlet.
Claims19
A method for covering an engine having a nose cone within an engine inlet, the method comprising:
- providing a collapsible cover comprising a pin defining an axis, a frame including arms, wherein the arms are configured to move between a stowed configuration and an operating configuration in response to a rotary force, and a web;
- storing the collapsible cover in the stowed configuration in which the arms are retracted;
- applying the rotary force to move the arms from the stowed configuration to the operating configuration in which the arms extend to distal ends that are radially spaced about the axis, wherein the frame is enclosed with a web that defines an interior volume;
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- placing the collapsible cover over the engine inlet, wherein the collapsible cover does not contact the nose cone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.