Patents Assigned to Societe Nationale d'Etude de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
  • Patent number: 4974638
    Abstract: A transition pipe for location between an afterburner pipe and a jet nozzle in a jet pipe assembly for a turbojet engine comprises a funnel shaped inner casing tapering downstream from a circular section at its upstream end to a quadrangular section at its downstream end, a horn shaped outer casing surrounding the inner casing and flared downstream from a circular upstream end section to a downstream end section formed of four joined segments of generally parabolic shape, and a plurality of peripherally spaced, longitudinally extending stiffeners interconnecting the inner and outer casings in the space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation "S.N.E.C.M.A."
    Inventors: Philippe M. D. Gastebois, Marc G. Loubet, Gerard E. A. Jourdain