Patent ID: 11867135
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 16:
17. An assembly for an aircraft, comprising:
a powerplant including a gas turbine engine, an exhaust duct, an exhaust nozzle, a vent and a flowpath extending from the gas turbine engine, through the exhaust duct, to the exhaust nozzle;
the exhaust nozzle rotatable between a first position and a second position;
the vent comprising a vent door, the vent configured to close an opening in a sidewall of the exhaust duct using the vent door when the exhaust nozzle is in the first position, and the vent configured to open the opening in the sidewall of the exhaust duct when the exhaust nozzle is in the second position;
the exhaust nozzle is configured to exhaust combustion products received through the exhaust duct from the gas turbine engine when the exhaust nozzle is in the first position; and
the exhaust nozzle configured to block flow of the combustion products through an end of the exhaust duct when the exhaust nozzle is in the second position.