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Turbo-engine air intake grill

US4972671A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 10, 1989
Grant dateNov 27, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01D17/162
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft turbo-engine having an intake grille formed by radial struts disposed between inner and outer rings, each of said radial struts being in two parts, an upstream, fixed structural first part, and a downstream second part pivoted on said first part and forming an adjustable flap which constitutes an intake guide vane, all of said struts having the same cross-section as each other and at least some of the struts incorporating a pipe for the passage of oil, those oil pipe carrying struts each having its structural first part divided by a radial portion into an upstream chamber for the passage of hot air and a downstream chamber which is open along the length of its trailing edge and which receives the oil pipe.

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