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Jet engine nacelle having a reverser flap

US10731603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 2018
Grant dateAug 4, 2020
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/50
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A nacelle for a turbofan including a mobile cowl mobile in translation between a closing position and an opening position, a window on the upstream side by a fixed cowl and on the downstream side by the mobile cowl, and a reverser flap in rotation between a closed position and an open position. The nacelle includes a locking system with a groove fixed to the mobile cowl and extending between a first end and a second end, and a guided element mounted guided in the slide and fixed to the reverser flap, the guided element moving from the second end towards the first end with cowl movement and leaving the groove when the reverser flap begins rotation, and the guided element moving outside the groove while the reverser flap pivots from the positions and entering the groove at the end of rotation of the reverser flap.

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