Jet nozzle plug with varying, non-circular cross sections
US8371124B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02K1/00
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a jet engine having a plug nozzle and a plug extending rearwardly from the nozzle exit, the improvement comprising a plug having successive cross sections spaced apart rearwardly of the nozzle exit, the cross sections transitioning from circular or near circular at the exit plane defined at the nozzle exit, to progressively non-circular, rearwardly.
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