US 12,187,439 B2
Apparatus and method for airflow modification in vehicles
Shelby P. Taylor, Yakima, WA (US); Brandon M. Shobe, Richland, WA (US); and Christopher E. Howard, Yakima, WA (US)
Assigned to Pexco Aerospace, Inc., Union Gap, WA (US)
Filed by Pexco Aerospace, Inc., Union Gap, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,895.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,371, filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/091,075, filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,836, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,791, filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,893, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041287 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 13/00 (2013.01) [B64D 2013/003 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nozzle assembly including a plurality of nozzles configured to be positioned in and coupled to a plate in a cabin of an aircraft above a passenger, the plurality of nozzles including:
a first nozzle in a fixed position having an outlet angled in a first outward direction;
a second nozzle in a fixed position having an outlet angled in a second outward direction opposite the first outward direction; and
a third nozzle in a fixed position positioned between the first and second nozzles, the third nozzle having an outlet angled in a third direction between the first and second outward directions,
wherein each of the first, second, and third nozzles includes a body having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the plate and including a cylindrical portion, a head portion extending downward from the cylindrical portion, and one or more arms projecting upward from the cylindrical portion, each of the one or more arms having at least one tab for engaging in the plate, wherein an end of the cylindrical portion defines an inlet configured to be connected to a source of air, wherein a flow passage in communication with the inlet extends through the body, and wherein the outlet is in communication with the flow passage and located in the head portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis.