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Air inlet for commercial aircraft jet engine nacelle

US6708711B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2002
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/0536
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air inlet is of a scarf type and the internal profile of the upper sections of its lip includes, with respect to the identical and symmetrical horizontal sections of the lip, an internal bulge that is bigger for a larger scarf angle and that is a maximum at the upper vertical section.

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