Patent ID: 7716932
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B64D,F02K,F05D

Abstract:
1. A turbofan duct assembly operable to direct a duct flow generated by a fan in a rearward direction into ambient and operable to be powered by a power source, said turbofan duct assembly comprising: a fan duct presenting fore and aft ends, said fan duct configured to surround the fan and extend rearwardly of the fan to the aft end, with the fan duct being operable to fluidly engage the duct flow; and a dilating fan duct nozzle operable to fluidly engage the duct flow discharged from the fan duct, said dilating fan duct nozzle comprising: said shiftable intermeshing tiles being circumferentially shiftable relative to each other and remaining overlapped as the tiles shift between the configurations so that the first tiled nozzle section remains continuous as the nozzle orifice is sized.