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US 2026/0226870 A1Published application
Exhaust nozzle for a gas turbine engine
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorJack F. COLEBROOKE
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Abstract
There is disclosed an exhaust nozzle 30 for a gas turbine engine, comprising an exhaust structure 32 and a flap 34 configured to bound a passageway 36 through the exhaust structure. The flap 34 is coupled to the exhaust structure in a linkage arrangement configured to move the flap by compound translation and rotation with a single degree of freedom between a first orientation corresponding to a maximum throat area of the passageway and a second orientation corresponding to a minimum throat area of the passageway.
Claims15
An exhaust nozzle for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- an exhaust structure configured to receive an exhaust flow of gas;
- a flap configured to bound a passageway through the exhaust structure to convey the exhaust flow of gas to an exterior of the gas turbine engine,
- wherein the flap is coupled to the exhaust structure in a linkage arrangement configured to move the flap by compound translation and rotation with a single degree of freedom between a first orientation corresponding to a maximum throat area of the passageway and a second orientation corresponding to a minimum throat area of the passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.