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US 8,573,532 B2Granted
Aircraft with reciprocating engines partially embedded in the fuselage
AssigneeSnecma
InventorsJean-Loic Herve Lecordix, Marc Patrick Tesniere, Stephane Jacques Francois Thomas
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Abstract
An aircraft provided with turbojet engines of which the nacelles are partially embedded in the fuselage of the aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft includes an internal space at engine nacelles. The internal space includes a platform capable of supporting personnel and maintenance equipment, with the portions of the nacelles located inside the aircraft comprising trapdoors or devices for accessing inside the engines from the platform.
Claims9
An aircraft provided with at least two turbojet engines comprising:
- nacelles partially embedded in a fuselage of the aircraft,
- wherein the aircraft comprises an internal space delimited by an enlarged rear portion of the fuselage of each side of the aircraft, the enlarged rear portion being aft of a wing of the aircraft and wider than an upstream portion of the fuselage and forming the engine nacelles and the engines are disposed in the internal space, the internal space comprising a platform capable of supporting personnel and maintenance equipment, with portions of the nacelles located inside the aircraft comprising trapdoors or means for accessing inside both of the engines from the platform, and
- wherein the enlarged rear portion of the fuselage forming the engine nacelles further comprises at an upstream end air inlet openings facing upstream for feeding the turbojets with air from outside of the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.