Abstract: A turbine engine having an engine core, an inner cowl radially surrounding the engine core, an outer cowl radially surrounding the inner cowl and spaced from the inner cowl to form an annular passage between the inner and outer cowls that defines a nozzle, at least one control surface provided on the inner cowl and movable between a retracted position, where the nozzle has a first cross-sectional area, and an extended position where the nozzle has a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area and an actuator operably coupled to the control surface and configured to move the control surface to control the cross-sectional area of the nozzle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
MRA Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Graham Frank Howarth, David Patrick Calder
Abstract: A thermal insulation blanket assembly having a thermal insulation blanket including an aerogel insulation material having a first surface and a second surface that is oppositely-disposed from the first surface, a backing covering the second surface of the aerogel insulation material, and a skin layer covering the first surface of the aerogel insulation material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2019
Assignee:
MRA Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Andrew Michael Roach, David Patrick Calder, Graham Frank Howarth
Abstract: An acoustic liner and a method of attenuating noise are provided. The acoustic liner includes a face sheet, a back sheet spaced from the face sheet, and a core layer extending between the face sheet and the back sheet. The core layer includes a plurality of resonant cells, each resonant cell including at least one cell wall coupled to the back sheet along a cell wall base edge. The at least one cell wall extends from the back sheet at an angle toward the face sheet. The at least one cell wall further coupled to the face sheet along a cell wall top edge. The resonant cell is formed in a predetermined shape and contains a volume in a space defined by the at least one cell wall, the back sheet, and the face sheet. The cell wall base edge length is greater than the cell wall top edge length.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2019
Assignees:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, MRA SYSTEMS, LLC
Inventors:
Wendy Wenling Lin, Michael Moses Martinez, Rudramuni Kariveerappa Majjigi, David Patrick Calder, Aaron Goldsholl
Abstract: A thrust reverser assembly for a gas turbine engine including a core engine, a nacelle surrounding at least a portion of the core engine defining a bypass duct between the nacelle and the core engine where an outer door movable between a stowed position and a deployed position extends outwards from the nacelle and a blocker door movable between a stowed position and an deployed position extends into an airflow conduit defined by the bypass duct to deflect air outwards.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2019
Assignee:
MRA SYSTEMS, LLC
Inventors:
David Patrick Calder, Graham Frank Howarth, Andrew Michael Roach, Timothy Robert Beasman
Abstract: An aircraft engine pylon having an upper fitting, an upper panel located below the upper fitting, a shear pin at least partially coupling the upper fitting and the upper panel, and tension fasteners at least partially coupling the upper fitting and the upper panel with the shear pin defining a shear force load path and the tension fasteners defining tension force load paths.