Patent ID: 7886518

Claim:
An inner core cowl baffle assembly for a turbofan engine assembly including a core gas turbine engine, a core cowl which circumscribes the core gas turbine engine, a nacelle positioned radially outward from the core cowl, and a fan nozzle duct defined between the core cowl and the nacelle, said inner core cowl baffle assembly comprising: an inner core cowl baffle; and an actuator assembly configured to vary a throat area of said fan nozzle duct by selectively repositioning said inner core cowl baffle from a stowed position during normal flight conditions in an upstream direction with respect to said core cowl to a low thrust position during off-design flight conditions such that the throat area in the low thrust position is less than the throat area in the stowed position and an amount of airflow that is discharged through the fan nozzle duct is substantially reduced.