Thrust reverser for high bypass turbofan engine

Details Thrust reverser for high bypass turbofan engine Thrust reverser for high bypass turbofan engine

1989-10-17

1991-09-10

Casaregola, Louis J.

Power plants

Reaction motor

Interrelated reaction motors

60230, F02K 170

Patent

active

050463071

ABSTRACT:
A thrust reverser including a bypass duct and a plurality of light weight, circumferentially displaced blocker doors each movable between a normal position and a thrust reversal position. The blocker doors include pits on the inner portion which faces the bypass duct during normal operation of the engine. Provision is made for automatically covering the pits during normal operation to provide smooth, non-turbulent flow of air through the bypass duct. In one embodiment of this invention a pit cover is pivotally mounted on the blocker door and is biased to engage the edge of a ramp fairing when the blocker door is in the position it occupies during normal operation of the engine. During thrust reversal, the pit cover moves outwardly along with the blocker door and away from the ramp fairing so as not to impede in any way flow of thrust reversal air through an opening in the outer wall. In a modified form of the invention, the ramp fairing is constructed so as to be movable between an extended position wherein it covers the pit during normal operation of the engine and a retracted position wherein it does not impede the flow of air through the opening in the outer wall during thrust reversal operation.

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