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US 2004/0164204 A1Published application
Recessed engine nacelle
AssigneeThe NORDAM Group, Inc.
InventorJean-Pierre Lair
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine nacelle includes an inner skin surrounded by a radially outer skin. The inner skin terminates at an exhaust outlet. The outer skin terminates at a recess in the inner skin extending into a closed cavity under the outer skin.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine nacelle comprising:
- an inner skin terminating at an exhaust outlet;
- and
- a radially outer skin surrounding said inner skin, and terminating at a recess in said inner skin extending into a closed cavity under said outer skin.
A gas turbine engine nacelle comprising:
- an inner skin terminating at a converging boattail portion thereof having a nozzle outlet at an aft end thereof;
- and
- a radially outer skin surrounding said inner skin forward of said boattail portion, and converging to a recess in said inner skin disposed upstream from said nozzle outlet, with said recess extending forward into a closed cavity under said outer skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.