Patent ID: 6845945
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B64D,F02K

Abstract:
1. A thrust reverser for a jet engine, the jet engine having an aft end with an exhaust nozzle, the exhaust nozzle having an exit from which an exhaust stream may flow along an exhaust stream pathway, said thrust reverser comprising: a plurality of doors capable of placement in a stowed position wherein said plurality of doors is substantially out of the exhaust stream pathway; a plurality of actuators attachable to the jet engine; a plurality of pivot joints, each of which is connected to at least one of said plurality of doors and to at least one of said plurality of actuators, said plurality of actuators capable of causing said plurality of pivot joints to significantly translate linearly in a substantially aft direction, thereby causing said plurality of doors to significantly translate in a substantially aft direction and to rotate about said plurality of pivot joints from said stowed position to a deployed position wherein said plurality of doors is at least partially disposed within the exhaust stream pathway; and a plurality of link rods, at least one of said plurality of link rods being pivotally mounted substantially adjacent the jet engine, each of said plurality of doors being pivotally connected to at least one of said plurality of link rods.