Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – With exhaust treatment
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-27
2008-09-02
Rodriguez, William H (Department: 3746)
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
With exhaust treatment
C060S770000, C181S213000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07418813
ABSTRACT:
A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes mounting a core engine to a vehicle, coupling a fuselage radially outward and around the core engine, coupling an exhaust nozzle to the core engine to channel exhaust gases discharged from the core engine, wherein the exhaust nozzle includes a cowl and a primary nozzle coupled radially inward from the cowl, and coupling an infrared suppression system in flow communication with the engine exhaust nozzle to facilitate suppressing an exhaust infrared signature of the core engine, wherein the infrared suppression system includes a blocking fin having a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional profile and such that a cooling air flowpath is defined between the cowl and the blocking fin.
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Andes Esq. William Scott
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
General Electric Company
Rodriguez William H
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