Folding door thrust reversers for aircraft engines

    公开(公告)号:US10077740B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-18

    申请号:US14885284

    申请日:2015-10-16

    摘要: Example folding door thrust reversers for aircraft engines are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a nacelle of a turbofan engine, where a fan duct is defined between the nacelle and a core of the turbofan engine. The example apparatus includes an opening in the nacelle between an outside of the nacelle and the fan duct and an inner door and an outer door disposed within the opening and pivotably coupled to the nacelle along aft edges thereof. The example inner and outer doors are pivotable between a first position in which the inner door and the outer door are disposed within the opening and oriented substantially parallel to each other, and a second position in which the inner door is disposed in the fan duct and oriented substantially perpendicular to an outer surface of the core and the outer door extends outward from the nacelle.

    TURBOJET ENGINE NACELLE COMPRISING A THRUST REVERSER DRIVE MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20180230939A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-16

    申请号:US15889778

    申请日:2018-02-06

    IPC分类号: F02K1/70 B64D27/18 B64D29/06

    摘要: A nacelle includes a fixed structure supporting a fixed cowl and a movable cowl, the movable cowl being movable translationally between a closing position and an opening position. A blocker door is movably mounted rotationally on the nacelle between a closed position and an open position. The nacelle includes a drive mechanism of the blocker door and of the movable cowl between the closed/closing position and the open/opening position of the blocker door/movable cowl, respectively, and vice versa, the drive mechanism includes at least one actuator fixed, to the fixed structure of the nacelle and, to a fitting fixed to the movable cowl. The drive mechanism includes, for each actuator, a flexible member having a first end fixed to the fixed structure of the nacelle and a second end fixed to the fitting.

    THRUST REVERSER FLOW LIMITING VALVE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180216573A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15423249

    申请日:2017-02-02

    申请人: Woodward, Inc.

    摘要: The present subject matter can be embodied in, among other things, a two-speed thrust reverser actuation system for actuating a thrust reverser element experiencing an assisting load during movement between a stowed and deployed positions. The system includes a hydraulic actuator to move the thrust reverser element between the stowed and deployed positions, and a directional control valve with a regeneration feature including a restrictor and a velocity fuse arranged in parallel with the restrictor. The velocity fuse is configured to close when the assisting load on the thrust reverser element increases the flow rate of hydraulic fluid through the velocity fuse above threshold value. In operation, the system defines a first movement speed when the velocity fuse is open, and a second movement speed when the velocity fuse is closed, thereby decreasing an effective exit orifice size of the hydraulic actuator when the assisting load increases the deploy rate.