Patent ID: 9644537
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B64D,F02C,F05D

Claim:
1. A gas turbine engine freestream intake, comprising: a wing-shaped fairing having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an inner edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an outer edge surface extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge; an air intake connected to an air inlet embedded within the wing-shaped fairing, said air intake located in said leading edge and supplying free stream atmospheric air to a gas generator within a gas turbine engine; a curved duct connected to said air inlet, said curved duct turning the free stream atmospheric air towards said inner edge; a particle separation outlet connected to an outer curved portion of said curved duct; a channel particle outlet located in said trailing edge; and a channel connecting said particle separation outlet to said channel particle outlet, wherein solid particles in said free stream atmospheric air follow a substantially straight path from said air intake through said outer curved portion to said particle separation outlet and then through said channel to said channel particle outlet.