Cooling system for aircraft components including ram chute body and relatively rotatable air conduit
US12043400B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D33/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A ram chute assembly is provided for directing a flow of cooling air into a hollow wing structure of an aircraft. The ram chute assembly includes a ram chute body defining an interior passage, and an air inlet enabling an airflow from an exterior of the ram chute body into the interior passage. The assembly is structured to be attachable to an exterior of an engine nacelle so as to receive propeller wash air through the air inlet into the interior passage when a propeller of the engine nacelle is rotating. The ram chute assembly is also structured to discharge the propeller wash air in a direction toward an air intake opening formed in an upper surface of a hollow wing structure on which the engine nacelle is mounted.
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