Cascade thrust reverser assembly for a gas turbine engine

US11840987B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Trevor Howard Wood · Clifton Park, US
• Kishore Ramakrishnan · Niskayuna, US
• Justin John Gambone, JR. · Watervliet, US
• Darren Lee Hallman · Scotia, US
• Thomas Malkus · Albany, US
• Jixian Yao · Niskayuna, US
• Keith Edward James Blodgett · Milford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2260/606
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cascade thrust reverser assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a nacelle assembly defining a bypass passage. The cascade thrust reverser assembly includes a cascade assembly configured to be at least partially enclosed by the nacelle assembly, the cascade assembly comprising one or more cascade members, the one or more cascade members movable between a stowed configuration wherein the one or more cascade members define a first radial extent and a deployed configuration wherein the one or more cascade members define a second radial extent, wherein the one or more cascade members form a cascade segment in the deployed configuration, and wherein the second radial extent is greater than the first radial extent.