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US3097484A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Thrust reversers for jet engines

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Granted: 1963-07-16
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Expires: 1980-07-16
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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02K; F02K1/00; F02K1/54; F02K1/56; F02K1/563; B; B64; B64C; B64C25/00; B64C25/32; B64C25/42; B64C25/423; B64D; B64D33/00; B64D33/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 251 words
A THRUST REVERSER FOR A JET ENGINE ADAPTED FOR USE ON AN AIRCRAFT, THE REVERSER COMPRISING THREE EJECTION MEANS FOR DEFLECTING COMBUSTION GASES FROM THE ENGINE ASYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID ENGINE, EACH OF THE EJECTION MEANS RESPECTIVELY COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING AN OUTLET FOR THE COMBUSTION GASES AND A PLURALITY OF GAS DEFLECTING VANES FOR DIRECTING SAID GASES OBLIQUELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID ENGINE THROUGH THE OUTLET, SAID ENGINE DEVELOPING A RESULTANT THRUST WHICH IS DIRECTED FORWARDLY ALONG A LONGITUDINAL AXIS THROUGH SAID ENGINE, WITH SAID GASES FLOWING THROUGH SAID OUTLETS, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY DIRECTING SAID GASES TO SAID OUTLETS, ONE OF SAID EJECTION MEANS BEING AN UPPER EJECTION MEANS AND LOCATED AT A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE JET ENGINE AXIS FOR DIRECTING SAID GASES FORWARDLY OF SAID ENGINE, BOTH OF THE OTHER EJECTION MEANS BEING DISPOSED AT LEVELS LOWER THAN THAT OF SAID AXIS AND HAVING DIFFERENT OUTFLOWS OF GASES, THE LOWER MEANS WHICH HAS THE GREATER OUTFLOW OF GASES CONSTITUTING A MAIN LOWER EJECTION MEANS AND DIRECTING SAID GASES FORWARDLY AND LATERALLY, WHILE THE OTHER OF SAID LOWER EJECTION MEANS CONSTITUTES A LOWER COMPENSATING EJECTION MEANS FOR DIRECTING SAID GASES LATERALLY TO EQUILIBRATE THE LATERAL THRUST GENERATED BY THE ASYMMETRY OF THE MAIN LOWER AND UPPER EJECTION MEANS WHEREBY THE RESULTANT THRUST OF SAID THREE EJECTION MEANS DOES NOT HAVE A COMPONENT LYING IN A PLANE INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE ENGINE AXIS SO THAT BALANCE OF THE JET ENGINE AROUND THE AXIS THEREOF IS OBTAINED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 251 words
A THRUST REVERSER FOR A JET ENGINE ADAPTED FOR USE ON AN AIRCRAFT, THE REVERSER COMPRISING THREE EJECTION MEANS FOR DEFLECTING COMBUSTION GASES FROM THE ENGINE ASYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID ENGINE, EACH OF THE EJECTION MEANS RESPECTIVELY COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING AN OUTLET FOR THE COMBUSTION GASES AND A PLURALITY OF GAS DEFLECTING VANES FOR DIRECTING SAID GASES OBLIQUELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID ENGINE THROUGH THE OUTLET, SAID ENGINE DEVELOPING A RESULTANT THRUST WHICH IS DIRECTED FORWARDLY ALONG A LONGITUDINAL AXIS THROUGH SAID ENGINE, WITH SAID GASES FLOWING THROUGH SAID OUTLETS, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY DIRECTING SAID GASES TO SAID OUTLETS, ONE OF SAID EJECTION MEANS BEING AN UPPER EJECTION MEANS AND LOCATED AT A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE JET ENGINE AXIS FOR DIRECTING SAID GASES FORWARDLY OF SAID ENGINE, BOTH OF THE OTHER EJECTION MEANS BEING DISPOSED AT LEVELS LOWER THAN THAT OF SAID AXIS AND HAVING DIFFERENT OUTFLOWS OF GASES, THE LOWER MEANS WHICH HAS THE GREATER OUTFLOW OF GASES CONSTITUTING A MAIN LOWER EJECTION MEANS AND DIRECTING SAID GASES FORWARDLY AND LATERALLY, WHILE THE OTHER OF SAID LOWER EJECTION MEANS CONSTITUTES A LOWER COMPENSATING EJECTION MEANS FOR DIRECTING SAID GASES LATERALLY TO EQUILIBRATE THE LATERAL THRUST GENERATED BY THE ASYMMETRY OF THE MAIN LOWER AND UPPER EJECTION MEANS WHEREBY THE RESULTANT THRUST OF SAID THREE EJECTION MEANS DOES NOT HAVE A COMPONENT LYING IN A PLANE INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE ENGINE AXIS SO THAT BALANCE OF THE JET ENGINE AROUND THE AXIS THEREOF IS OBTAINED.

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