IP Library Granted Patent US 8,839,601
Granted Patent B2
US 8,839,601 · App. 13/941,946 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Door for thrust reverser of an aircraft nacelle

Inventors: Loic Chapelain (Thiais, FR); Denis Guillois (Limours, FR)
Assignee: Aircelle
F02K1/566F02K1/70F05D2250/411F05D2240/126Y02T50/671
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,839,601
App. No.
13/941,946
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door for a thrust reverser of a nacelle of an aircraft being pivotally amounted on a fixed structure of the nacelle, in particular, the door being fitted with deflectors deflecting air flow is disclosed. The deflectors are arranged at an upstream end of the door and mounted such that they can move in a deflection plane perpendicular to the plane of the door. Each deflector is associated at its ends with an articulation arm capable of rotating about a pivot axis perpendicular to the deflection plane, allowing the deflectors to move in a straight line in the deflection plane. The present disclosure also relates to a thrust reverser system including the door and a fixed structure on which the door is pivotally mounted between a closing position and an open position.

Claims (8)

1. A door for a thrust reverser of a nacelle of an aircraft capable of being pivotally mounted on a fixed structure of the nacelle comprising:

an internal surface integrated to an annular circulation vein of an air flow; and

an external surface for providing external aero dynamic continuity of the nacelle equipped with said thrust reverser,

wherein said door being equipped with deflection means of the air flow, positioned at an upstream end of the door and moveably mounted in a deflection plane substantially perpendicular to a plane of the door between a first retracted position in which the deflection means do not penetrate the annular circulation vein when the door is in a closed position, and a second deployed position in which the deflection means will protrude from the door when the door is in an open position, each deflection means being associated at ends thereof with an articulation arm rotationally mobile about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to the deflection plane allowing a rectilinear displacement of said deflection means in the deflection plane upon passing from the first retracted position to the second deployed position,

and said door comprising a door actuator allowing the door to pass from the open position to the closed position, said door actuator being positioned so as to receive and to block adjacent ends of two deflection means in the first retracted position.

2. The door according to claim 1 , wherein the deflection means comprise at least two spoilers or two flaps mounted on either side of a median axis of the door.

3. A thrust reverser system comprising at least one door according to claim 1 and a fixed structure on which said door is pivotally mounted between a closing position in which said door closes the thrust reverser and forms a portion of an outer cowling, the deflection means of the air flow being in the first retracted position, and an open position in which said door clears a passage in the fixed structure so as to deflect said one air flow, the deflection means being in the second deployed position.

4. The nacelle for a turbojet engine comprising at least one thrust reverser system according to claim 3 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2016
From: AIRCELLE
To: SAFRAN NACELLES
Reel/Frame 040700/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2013
From: CHAPELAIN, LOIC; GUILLOIS, DENIS
To: AIRCELLE
Reel/Frame 030806/0307 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 11 50297 · Jan 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTFR2012050058 · Jan 10, 2012
Related Publication 20130292490A1 · Nov 7, 2013