Patent ID: 7832684
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B64D,F02C,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Ram air channel for supplying ambient air to a system on board an aircraft, comprising: a first air inlet; a main flow channel extending downstream of the first air inlet; a second air inlet independent from the first air inlet; a movable element located in the air flow path of the second air inlet for setting a flow cross-section of the second air inlet, the movable element being movable between a first at least partially open position and a second closed position; and a device for creating low pressure in the second air inlet, the device including at least one of: a blower and a pump each fluidly coupled and adjacent to the second air inlet and operable to cause low pressure in the second air inlet proximate to the movable element, so as to move the movable element into the first position to at least partially open the flow cross-section of the second air inlet.