US Patent Issued to ROHR on June 17 for "Thrust reverser blocker door with fairing" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,701, issued on June 17, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Thrust reverser blocker door with fairing" was invented by Timothy Gormley (Bonita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a translating structure and a thrust reverser. The thrust reverser includes a blocker door, an actuation linkage and a fairing. The blocker door is pivotally coupled to the translating structure. The blocker door includes a door surface and a channel projecting into the blocker door from the door surface. The door surface forms an outer peripheral boundary of a flowpath when the translat...