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Adaptive engine exhaust signature suppressor

US10457409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. · US

Inventors

Robert Michael Laramee · Fort Worth, US
David Lowell Miller · Louisville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF05D2220/90
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An exhaust system has an engine exhaust plane associated with an entrance to the exhaust system, an exhaust exit plane associated with an exit of the exhaust system, a forward cap movable relative to the engine exhaust plane and configured to selectively intersect the engine exhaust plane, and an aft cap movable relative to the exhaust exit plane and configured to selectively intersect the exhaust exit plane.

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