IP Library Granted Patent US 9,051,899
Granted Patent B2
US 9,051,899 · App. 14/177,494 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Exhaust cone for aircraft turbojet engine

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Patent No.
US 9,051,899
App. No.
14/177,494
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust cone for an aircraft turbojet engine includes a front part which has a front end and a rear end. The front end is equipped with a front connecting flange connecting to an outlet of a turbojet engine and the rear end is equipped with a rear connecting flange connecting to a rear part of the exhaust cone. In particular, the front part is further equipped with a sound attenuation structure including an outer skin, and the outer skin overlaps the front connecting flange and the rear connecting flange.

Claims (9)

1. An exhaust cone for an aircraft turbojet engine, said exhaust cone comprising;

a front part having at least one of a front end equipped with a front connecting flange connecting to an outlet of a turbojet engine and a rear end equipped with a rear connecting flange connecting to; and

a rear part of the exhaust cone, the rear connecting flange connected to the rear part of the exhaust cone, and said front part further being equipped with at least one sound attenuation structure comprising a cellular core covered by an outer skin,

wherein the outer skin overlaps at least one of the front connecting flange and the rear connecting flange.

2. The exhaust cone according to claim 1 , wherein the outer skin and at least one of the front and rear connecting flanges are assembled by riveting.

3. The exhaust cone according to claim 1 , wherein the outer skin and at least one of the front and rear connecting flanges are assembled by welding.

4. The exhaust cone according to claim 1 , wherein the rear connecting flange constitutes a front connecting flange for the rear part of the exhaust cone.

5. The exhaust cone according to claim 1 , wherein the outer skin is made from a metal alloy.

6. The exhaust cone according to claim 1 , wherein the outer skin is made from a Nickel-Chromium alloy.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2016
From: AIRCELLE
To: SAFRAN NACELLES
Reel/Frame 040703/0171 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2015
From: MALOT, HELENE; BIENVENU, PHILLIPE
To: AIRCELLE
Reel/Frame 035545/0981 →