Inflatable vibration reducing fairing
US6517289B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B2021/504
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Components of a flexible fairing shroud are attached adjacent their leading edges to bushings through which the fairing shroud is angularly displaced about a protectively surrounded structure exposed to a fluid medium. Inflow of the fluid medium is thereby accommodated in a direction resulting in inflation of the fairing shroud to a desired streamline shape established and maintained between leading and trailing edges during flow of the fluid medium to substantially reduce vibrations otherwise induced by such flow.
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