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US3347466A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Nacelle afterbody for jet engines

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-11-15
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Granted: 1967-10-17
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Expires: 1986-11-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Mark R Nichols

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 01:00
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02K; F02K1/00; F02K1/54; F02K1/74; F02K1/40; F02K1/42; F02K1/46; F02K1/56; F02K1/62

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 182 words
IN AN AIRPLANE COMPRISING. A NACELLE; A PROPULSION REACTION ENGINE MOUNTED WITHIN SAID NACELLE; SAID NACELLE HAVING A BOTTAILED AFT END; AN EXIT DEVICE THROUGH WHICH GASES EXHAUSTING FROM SAID ENGINE ARE DIRECTED TOWARD SAID AFT END; AND A PLURALITY OF BODY MEANS SPACED ABOUT AND FAIRED INTO SAID NACELLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BOATTAILED AFT END EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY OF THE END OF THE NACELLE FORMING A GENERALLY SLOTTED CONFIGURATION; SAID BODY MEANS EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE NACELLE BEING DESIGNED SO THAT ALL SURFACES THEREOF ARE EXPOSED TO FLOW THEREOVER PERMITTING SIMULTANEOUS FLOW OF A RADIAL COMPONENT OF VELOCITY OF EITHER EXTERNAL FLOW OR THE PROPULSION ENGINE EXHAUST GASES; SAID BODY MEANS FORWARD OF THE NACELLE END EFFECTIVELY INCREASING THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID NACELLE AND DECREASING ITS SLOPE ANGLE AND REARWARD OF THE NACELLE AFT END AND PREVENTING AN INCREASE IN OVERALL BASE AREA DUE TO THE FORWARD AREA AND ASLO RECEIVING THRUST FORCES FROM ENGINE EXHAUST GASES WHEREBY PRESSURE DRAG IS REDUCED AND PRESSURE ON THE NACELLE END IS INCREASED WHILE MAINTAINING A FIXED STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 182 words
IN AN AIRPLANE COMPRISING. A NACELLE; A PROPULSION REACTION ENGINE MOUNTED WITHIN SAID NACELLE; SAID NACELLE HAVING A BOTTAILED AFT END; AN EXIT DEVICE THROUGH WHICH GASES EXHAUSTING FROM SAID ENGINE ARE DIRECTED TOWARD SAID AFT END; AND A PLURALITY OF BODY MEANS SPACED ABOUT AND FAIRED INTO SAID NACELLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BOATTAILED AFT END EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY OF THE END OF THE NACELLE FORMING A GENERALLY SLOTTED CONFIGURATION; SAID BODY MEANS EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE NACELLE BEING DESIGNED SO THAT ALL SURFACES THEREOF ARE EXPOSED TO FLOW THEREOVER PERMITTING SIMULTANEOUS FLOW OF A RADIAL COMPONENT OF VELOCITY OF EITHER EXTERNAL FLOW OR THE PROPULSION ENGINE EXHAUST GASES; SAID BODY MEANS FORWARD OF THE NACELLE END EFFECTIVELY INCREASING THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID NACELLE AND DECREASING ITS SLOPE ANGLE AND REARWARD OF THE NACELLE AFT END AND PREVENTING AN INCREASE IN OVERALL BASE AREA DUE TO THE FORWARD AREA AND ASLO RECEIVING THRUST FORCES FROM ENGINE EXHAUST GASES WHEREBY PRESSURE DRAG IS REDUCED AND PRESSURE ON THE NACELLE END IS INCREASED WHILE MAINTAINING A FIXED STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY.

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