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US 2010/0132331 A1Published application
Baffle seal for gas turbine engine thrust reverser
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsChi-Ling Michael Tsou, Carl Francis Holdren, William Andrew Bailey, Dean Thomas Lenahan
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Abstract
A baffle seal for a thrust reverser of a gas turbine engine includes a seal body of a resilient material. The seal body has a relatively flat central portion with opposed front and back sides. A raised sealing rim extends at least partially around the central portion. An outer periphery of the sealing rim extends beyond an outer periphery of the central portion so as to define an exposed sealing surface.
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A baffle seal for a thrust reverser of a gas turbine engine, including:
- a seal body of a resilient material, comprising:
- a relatively flat central portion having opposed front and back sides;
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- a raised sealing rim extending at least partially around the central portion, an outer periphery of the sealing rim extending beyond an outer periphery of the central portion so as to define an exposed sealing surface.
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A transcowl assembly for a gas turbine engine thrust reverser, comprising:
- (a) first longitudinally-extending structural beam having a first side face;
- (b) an arcuate transcowl segment having a first end disposed adjacent the first side face, the transcowl segment moveable forward and aft along the structure beam between stowed and deployed positions, and including:
- (i) an outer panel;
- (ii) an inner panel;
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- (iii) an arcuate cross-section baffle disposed between the inner and outer panels;
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- (d) a resilient first baffle seal carried by the structural beam, the first baffle seal arranged to engage in sealing contact with an interior surface of the baffle so as to resist leakage of air between the baffle and the first structural beam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.