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US 9,518,534 B2Granted
Reverse scissor thrust reverser for a turbine engine
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorCurtis M. Kusel
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Abstract
A turbine engine system includes a nacelle and a thrust reverser. The nacelle includes a first portion and a second portion that are arranged along an axis. The second portion of the nacelle moves axially relative to the first portion of the nacelle. The thrust reverser includes a blocker door and a linkage that links the blocker door to the first portion of the nacelle. The blocker door is located within and pivotally connected to the second portion of the nacelle.
Claims15
A turbine engine system, comprising:
- a nacelle including a first portion and a second portion that are arranged along an axis, wherein the second portion of the nacelle moves axially relative to the first portion of the nacelle;
- and
- a thrust reverser including a blocker door and a linkage that links the blocker door to the first portion of the nacelle, wherein the blocker door is located within and pivotally connected to the second portion of the nacelle;
- wherein the linkage comprises a strut, a first end of the strut is directly pivotally connected to the first portion of the nacelle, and a second end of the strut is directly pivotally connected to the blocker door;
- and
- wherein a straight-line distance between the first end and the second end is constant as the linkage moves the blocker door.
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A turbine engine system, comprising:
- a nacelle extending circumferentially at least partially around an axis, and including a sleeve;
- and
- a thrust reverser including a blocker door and a strut that extends between a first end and a second end, the first end is pivotally connected to and static relative to the blocker door and the second end is pivotally connected to and static relative to a stationary first portion of the nacelle;
- wherein the blocker door is pivotally connected to the sleeve, and the strut deploys the blocker door as the sleeve moves axially away from the first portion of the nacelle;
- wherein a straight line distance between the first end and the second end is fixed throughout movement of the strut during blocker door deployment.
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A turbine engine system, comprising:
- a nacelle including a first portion and a second portion that are arranged along an axis, wherein the second portion of the nacelle is configured to move axially relative to the first portion of the nacelle;
- and
- a thrust reverser including a blocker door and a strut, wherein the blocker door is located within and pivotally connected to and static relative to the second portion of the nacelle, wherein the strut extends axially from the first portion of the nacelle to the blocker door, wherein a first end of the strut is pivotally connected to and static relative to the first portion of the nacelle, and
- wherein a second end of the strut is pivotally connected to the blocker door;
- wherein the strut is configured such that the first end is static relative to the second end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.