US 11,719,165 B2
Air inlet strut for aircraft engine
Damien Le Pape, Montréal (CA); Guorong Yan, Brossard (CA); Mark Cunningham, Montreal-West (CA); Philippe Beauchesne-Martel, Brossard (CA); Oleg Iskra, Oakville (CA); and Richard Ivakitch, Scarborough (CA)
Assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil (CA)
Filed by PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil (CA)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,387.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134390 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F02C 7/32 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/32 (2013.01) [F05D 2220/323 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft engine, comprising:
an air inlet duct extending from an inlet through which air is configured to enter the aircraft engine to an outlet within the aircraft engine; and
at least one strut having a leading edge and a trailing edge and extending across at least part of the air inlet duct, the at least one strut having a strut passage and a plurality of static pressure measurement taps spaced apart on the trailing edge and in fluid communication with the strut passage via a plurality of measurement tap passages, the strut passage having a radially innermost point positioned at a radially outermost point of a radially innermost measurement tap passage of the plurality of measurement tap passages.