Patent ID: 7387489

Claim:
A bleed valve assembly for discharging bleed air into a gas turbine engine bypass plenum having bypass air flowing there-through in a first flow direction, the valve assembly comprising: a bleed flow duct having bleed air inlet and a bleed air outlet, the bleed air inlet adapted to receive bleed air from a turbine engine compressor, the bleed air outlet configured to discharge the bleed air into the bypass plenum; a bleed valve disposed at least partially within the bleed flow duct and movable between at least a closed position, in which the bleed air does not flow through the bleed flow duct, and an open position, in which the bleed air flows through the bleed flow duct; and a flow deflector disposed adjacent the bleed air outlet, the flow deflector having a plurality of openings formed therein, each opening fluidly communicating the bleed air flow passage with the bypass plenum and oriented at a discharge angle such that bleed air is discharged from each opening in a direction that does not have a vector component in the first flow direction.