Patent ID: 9404507
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B64D,F04D

Claim Text:
1. An inner cowl structure for circumscribing at least a portion of a jet engine having at least one engine mount coupled to an engine pylon extending from an aircraft wing, the inner cowl structure comprising: an apron, comprising at least one of support hinges or railings for actuating cowl doors, and configured to mount directly to the engine independent of the pylon and cover an upper portion of the jet engine; and an inner cowl body configured to circumscribe a portion of the jet engine not circumscribed by the apron; wherein the inner cowl body is at least one of hingedly or slidably coupled to the apron such that the resulting combination of the coupled apron and inner cowl body defines a hoop structure that is structurally independent of the pylon and completely circumscribes at least an axial portion of the jet engine.