Patents by Inventor Lars Q. Andersen

Lars Q. Andersen 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: 4117671
    Abstract: To suppress jet noise emanating from a ducted-fan turbojet engine, an improved exhaust mixer assembly is disclosed that is mounted between the engine and the exhaust nozzle and that mixes the flow of high-velocity primary gases (turbine exhaust) with the lower-velocity air from the fan duct in a manner that achieves a significant reduction in the proportion of noise-causing high velocity gases while maintaining approximately the same thrust from the nozzle as other mixer-equipped engines. The mixer assembly includes an annular sleeve, a bulb-shaped plug disposed concentrically within the sleeve, and an annular corregugated mixer duct coaxially positioned between the plug and sleeve wherein these components are arranged so as to receive the primary and fan flows and separately redirect these flows within the assembly so that the flow of primary gases is rearwardly divergent while the flow of fan air is rearwardly convergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brian Neal, Lars Q. Andersen