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Granted Patent B2
US 9,835,112 · App. 14/176,200 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Thrust reverser cascade

Inventors: David Patrick Calder (Baltimore, MD); Graham Frank Howarth (Middletown, DE)
Assignee: MRA Systems Inc.
F02K1/72B33Y80/00F05D2230/31F05D2300/603Y02T50/672
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,835,112
App. No.
14/176,200
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thrust reverser cascade having a frame and a body. The body comprises multiple layers formed by an additive manufacturing process where at least one of the layers is coupled to the frame.

Claims (6)

1. A thrust reverser cascade comprising:

a metal structural skeleton frame comprising a monolithic grid; and

a body comprising a plurality of vanes formed using multiple resin layers formed on the metal structural skeleton frame by an additive manufacturing process.

2. The thrust reverser cascade of claim 1 wherein the frame is at least partially enveloped by at least a portion of the body.

3. The thrust reverser cascade of claim 2 wherein the frame is completely enveloped by the body.

4. The thrust reverser cascade of claim 1 wherein at least some of the vanes have an airfoil cross section.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 25, 2017
From: MRA SYSTEMS, INC
To: MRA SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 041481/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2014
From: CALDER, DAVID PATRICK; HOWARTH, GRAHAM FRANK
To: MRA SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 032182/0311 →
Continuity (1)
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