Patent ID: 7434405

Claim:
A bleed diffuser assembly for a gas turbine engine, the diffuser assembly comprising: a housing including an inlet end and an outlet end; a diffuser movably disposed within the housing, the diffuser having an inlet end and an outlet end; an actuator coupled to the diffuser for moving the diffuser generally toward the inlet end of the housing and into an operative position when the actuator is energized; and a biasing member for urging the diffuser generally toward the outlet end of the housing and into a retracted position when the actuator is de-energized wherein an inlet end of the diffuser is disposed adjacent to an inlet end of the housing when the diffuser is in the retracted position, and the inlet end of the diffuser is disposed outside of the housing and further away from the inlet of the housing relative to the retracted position when the diffuser is in the operative position.