Apparatus for diminishing intake vortexes in jet engines

US5591904A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinhold & Mahla AG · DE

Inventors

• Horst Schafhaupt · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
• Josef Ballmann · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64F1/26
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

For the purpose of diminishing intake vortexes at jet engines with turbo-compressors of aircrafts, in particular during test runs, an apparatus is provided, which consists of a grating disposed near the ground below and directly in front of the engine inlet, which grating comprises short, approximately vertically extending wind tunnels.