IP Library Granted Patent US 10,273,016
Granted Patent B2
US 10,273,016 · App. 15/114,554 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Nacelle for an airplane turbojet

Inventors: Eric de Vulpilliéres (Moissy Cramayel, FR); Gaétan Jean Mabboux (Moissy Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
B64D29/06B64D27/16F02C7/20F02K1/60F02K1/72F02K1/80F05D2220/323F05D2240/14F05D2250/241F05D2250/26F05D2250/61F05D2250/711
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Patent No.
US 10,273,016
App. No.
15/114,554
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a nacelle ( 1 ) for an aircraft turbojet, the nacelle comprising a frustoconical radially outer annular wall ( 13 ), a pylon ( 9 ) extending radially outwards from said annular wall, the pylon ( 9 ) being designed to fasten the nacelle ( 1 ) to a fixed portion of the airplane, said nacelle being characterized in that it is provided with at least one projecting zone ( 22 ) extending radially outwards from the frustoconical outer wall ( 13 ), said projecting zone ( 22 ) being situated in the vicinity of a downstream annular edge ( 14 ) of said outer wall ( 13 ) and in the vicinity of the pylon ( 9 ).

Claims (14)

1. A nacelle for an aircraft turbojet, the nacelle comprising:

a frustoconical radially outer annular wall, and

a pylon extending radially outwards from said frustoconical radially outer annular wall, the pylon designed to fasten the nacelle to a fixed portion of an airplane, wherein said nacelle includes at least one projecting zone extending radially outwards from the frustoconical radially outer annular wall, wherein said projecting zone is situated in the vicinity of a downstream annular edge of said frustoconical radially outer annular wall and in the vicinity of the pylon, and wherein a distance between a center of the projecting zone and the pylon lies in a range of 0.15×M to 0.8×M, where M is a maximum cross-section or a maximum width of a streamlined section of the pylon at a zone attached to the frustoconical radially outer annular wall.

2. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein said streamlined section extends along the axis of the nacelle.

3. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the axial distance between the projecting zone and the downstream edge of the frustoconical radially outer annular wall lies in a range of 0.3×M to 2×M.

4. The nacelle according to claim 2 , wherein the maximum height of the projecting zone, along the normal to the frustoconical outer surface lies in a range of 0.03×M to 0.15×M, where M is the maximum cross section or maximum width of the streamlined section of the pylon at its zone attached to the outer wall.

5. The nacelle according to claim 2 , wherein the length M, where M is the maximum cross section or maximum width of the streamlined cross section of the pylon at its zone attached to the outer wall.

6. The nacelle according to claim 2 , wherein the width of the projecting zone lies in a range of 0.1×M to 0.5×M.

7. The nacelle according to claim 1 , further comprising at least two projecting zones, situated circumferentially on either side of the pylon.

8. The nacelle according to claim 1 , further comprising thrust reversal means comprising at least one door mounted to pivot about at least one hinge relative to a fixed portion of the nacelle, wherein, said hinge is housed between the frustoconical radially outer annular wall and an inner wall of the nacelle, facing the projecting zone.

9. The nacelle according to claim 8 , wherein said frustoconical radially outer annular wall and said inner wall are frustoconical and meet at their downstream edges.

10. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the pylon in the vicinity of the projecting zone has a substantially plane or convex shape, down to the downstream edge of the frustoconical radially outer annular wall.

11. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein two side edges of the pylon meet at an axial position substantially at a level of an axial position of the downstream edge of said frustoconical radially outer annular wall.

12. The nacelle according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the center of the projecting zone and the pylon lies in the range in a range of 0.2×M to 0.7×M.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2016
From: DE VULPILLIERES, ERIC; MABBOUX, GAETAN JEAN
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 039272/0610 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 14 50687 · Jan 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160340052A1 · Nov 24, 2016