Convergent turbojet exhaust nozzle
US7475547B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A convergent turbojet exhaust nozzle comprising a ring of hinged flaps made up of controlled flaps and of follower flaps disposed in alternation and co-operating at their upstream ends with a peripheral sealing gasket arranged at the outlet from an afterburner channel, each flap being made out of a ceramic-matrix composite material, and at its upstream end, each flap being made integrally with bearing means for bearing against the above-mentioned peripheral gasket, and with spherical-joint means between their upstream ends.
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