Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine nozzle including housing having scalloped root regions
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Application No.: US13746277Application Date: 2013-01-21
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Publication No.: US09964070B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: David F. Cerra , Lie-Mine Gea , Robert H. Willie , Leonard J. Hebert , Donald E. Robinson
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: F02K1/34
- IPC: F02K1/34

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle comprises a housing having an aft end that terminates in a row of chevrons. At least one surface of the housing has scalloped root regions proximate bases of adjacent chevrons. The scalloped root regions have a reduced thickness relative to the rest of the aft end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170298868A9 GAS TURBINE ENGINE NOZZLE INCLUDING HOUSING HAVING SCALLOPED ROOT REGIONS Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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