Aircraft propulsion system nacelle wall with integrated power storage
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsMurat Yazici, Thomas E. Clark
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Abstract
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes an engine case, a nacelle wall and a power storage integrated with the nacelle wall. The engine case is configured to house at least one bladed rotor of a turbine engine. The engine case extends axially along and circumferentially about an axis. The nacelle wall extends axially along and circumferentially about the engine case. The nacelle wall is spaced radially outboard from the engine case with a housing compartment radially between the engine case and the nacelle wall. The power storage is radially separated from the engine case by the housing compartment.
Claims13
An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, comprising:
- an engine case configured to house at least one bladed rotor of an engine core of a turbine engine traversed by a core flowpath, the engine case extending axially along and circumferentially about an axis;
- a nacelle wall extending axially along and circumferentially about the engine case, the nacelle wall spaced radially outboard from the engine case with a housing compartment radially between the engine case and the nacelle wall;
- and a power storage integrated with the nacelle wall, the power storage radially separated from the engine case by the housing compartment, the power storage comprises a power storage housing attached to the nacelle wall and traversed by a fluid circuit fluidly connected to the core flowpath, and one or more batteries within the power storage housing.
A propulsion system for an aircraft, comprising:
- a propulsor section;
- an engine core configured to power operation of the propulsor section, the engine core traversed by a core flowpath and including a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section;
- an inner housing structure configured to house the engine core, the inner housing structure comprising a nacelle wall configured to form an inner peripheral boundary of a flowpath that bypasses the engine core;
- an outer housing structure configured to house the propulsor section and spaced radially outboard from the inner housing structure, the outer housing structure further configured to form an outer peripheral boundary of the flowpath that bypasses the engine core;
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- a battery pack comprising a plurality of batteries, the battery pack attached to the nacelle wall and enclosed by a power storage housing traversed by a fluid circuit fluidly connected to the core flowpath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.