Patents by Inventor Robert Arthur Core

Robert Arthur Core 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).

  • Dilating fan duct nozzle
    Patent number: 8677758
    Abstract: A turbofan engine includes an engine core and a ducted fan assembly, with the ducted fan assembly including an annular cowling and a dilating fan duct nozzle. The nozzle includes continuous nozzle sections with intermeshing tiles. The tiles include drive tiles that are pivotal between nominal and dilated positions and driven tiles that intermesh with the drive tiles and shift with the drive tiles between the positions. The intermeshing tiles cooperatively adjust an orifice size of the nozzle by shifting between the positions and thereby affect the thrust and noise developed by the ducted fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Arthur Core
  • DILATING FAN DUCT NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20100175383
    Abstract: A turbofan engine includes an engine core and a ducted fan assembly, with the ducted fan assembly including an annular cowling and a dilating fan duct nozzle. The nozzle includes continuous nozzle sections with intermeshing tiles. The tiles include drive tiles that are pivotal between nominal and dilated positions and driven tiles that intermesh with the drive tiles and shift with the drive tiles between the positions. The intermeshing tiles cooperatively adjust an orifice size of the nozzle by shifting between the positions and thereby affect the thrust and noise developed by the ducted fan assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Arthur Core
  • DILATING FAN DUCT NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20100018212
    Abstract: A turbofan engine includes an engine core and a ducted fan assembly, with the ducted fan assembly including an annular cowling and a dilating fan duct nozzle. The nozzle includes continuous nozzle sections with intermeshing tiles. The tiles include drive tiles that are pivotal between nominal and dilated positions and driven tiles that intermesh with the drive tiles and shift with the drive tiles between the positions. The intermeshing tiles cooperatively adjust an orifice size of the nozzle by shifting between the positions and thereby affect the thrust and noise developed by the ducted fan assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Arthur Core