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US 8,984,855 B2Granted
Rotating inlet cowl for a turbine engine, comprising an eccentric forward end
AssigneeSnecma
InventorsMickael Delapierre, Herve Gignoux, Gael Loro, Sylvie Wintenberger
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Abstract
A rotating inlet cowl for a turbine engine, having a rotation axis and for which the forward end is arranged to be eccentric relative to this rotation axis. Furthermore, a forward cone of the cowl is truncated by a truncation surface defining the forward end of the inlet cowl.
Claims5
A rotating inlet cowl of a gas turbine engine, the cowl having a rotation axis and comprising:
- a forward cone defining a forward end of the inlet cowl,
- wherein the forward end is configured to be eccentric relative to the rotation axis of the inlet cowl,
- wherein the forward cone is truncated by a truncation surface defining the forward end of the inlet cowl, and
- wherein the forward cone is oblique with an axis inclined from the axis of rotation of the inlet cowl.
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