Air inlet for a turbofan engine
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to an air inlet for a nacelle of a jet engine with a front fan, comprising an upper part ( 115 S), a lower part ( 115 I), an inner lateral part ( 115 int ) and an outer lateral part (ext), defining a leading edge ( 115 ) between an external wall ( 111 ) of the nacelle and an internal wall ( 113 ) forming the air supply channel of the jet engine. According to the invention, the air inlet is characterized in that the leading edge of the outer lateral part ( 115 ext ) is to the rear with respect to the leading edge of the inner lateral part ( 115 int). Preferably, the leading edge of the upper part ( 115 S) is likewise to the rear with respect to the leading edge of the lower part ( 115 I).
1. An air inlet for a nacelle of a jet engine for an aircraft, said jet engine having a front fan and having a longitudinal axis X-X, said air intake being non-rotatably fixed to and monolithically formed with said nacelle and comprising:
an upper part, a lower part, an inner lateral part and an outer lateral part, together defining a leading edge between an external wall of the nacelle and an internal wall forming the air supply channel of the jet engine, wherein an outer portion of the leading edge located at the outer lateral part is to the rear with respect to an inner portion of the leading edge located at the inner lateral part such that said outer and inner portions of the leading edge are aligned along a horizontal direction that forms a non-zero angle A 2 with respect to a horizontal axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said engine, wherein said inner and outer lateral parts are defined with respect to the position of the leading edge of the air intake relative to a fuselage of the aircraft, the inner lateral part being relatively closer to the fuselage and the outer lateral part being further away from the fuselage, and wherein said leading edge of the air intake is configured to shift a noise cone from the front fan outward away from said fuselage,
wherein an upper portion of the leading edge located at the upper part is to the rear with respect to a lower portion of the leading edge located at the lower part such that said lower and upper portions of the leading edge are aligned along a direction that forms an non-zero angle A 1 with respect to a vertical axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said engine.
2. The air inlet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the leading edge forms a plane, the plane being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the engine.
3. The air inlet as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said plane is inclined with respect to the vertical axis by the angle A 1 of between 0° and 15°, excluding 0°.
4. The air inlet as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said plane is inclined with respect to the horizontal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the engine by the angle A 2 of between 0° and 15°, excluding 0°.
5. The air inlet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the leading edge forms a scoop surface formed of at least two different planes.
6. A turbofan engine comprising a nacelle with an air inlet-according to claim 1 .