Patents by Inventor Blake W. Corson, Jr.

Blake W. Corson, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 3938742
    Abstract: An exhaust nozzle for a jet aircraft provides jet noise suppression. The nozzle includes a plurality of coaxial airfoil ring segments which are spaced serially along the longitudinal axis of the nozzle to define a plurality of annular coaxial channels therebetween. The diameters of the segments progressively decrease downstream along this axis and the exits of the channels are non-coplanar. The radial depths of the channels are small as compared with the axial distance between adjacent channel exits so that noise is emitted non-simultaneously from the channel exits as a series of weakened pulses staggered in time. The boattail angles of the outer surfaces of the ring airfoil segments increase in magnitude with increasing distance downstream to reduce drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of General Counsel-Code GP
    Inventor: Blake W. Corson, Jr.