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Turbofan engine mixer assembly

US8984890B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Mustafa Dindar · West Chester, US
Vaughn Ray Kunze · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2011
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF05D2250/183
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mixer for mixing flows in a turbofan engine is provided. The mixer includes a plurality of chevron lobes, each of the plurality of lobes comprising a crown, a keel, a first trailing edge, a second trailing edge, and a first transverse edge extending between first trailing edge and second trailing edge, said mixer configured to receive two separate incoming exhaust flows and mix the two flows into at least one rotational exhaust flow that is ejected out at least one of said first trailing edge and said second trailing edge.

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