| CPC F02K 1/60 (2013.01) [F02K 1/763 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. An apparatus for an aircraft propulsion system, comprising:
a pivoting door thrust reverser system including a plurality of thrust reverser doors;
each of the plurality of thrust reverser doors configured to pivot about a respective pivot axis between a stowed position and a deployed position;
the plurality of thrust reverser doors including a first thrust reverser door and a second thrust reverser door, the second thrust reverser door arranged to an opposing side of the pivoting door thrust reverser system from the first thrust reverser door; and
the pivot axis of the first thrust reverser door angularly offset from a reference line by an acute angle, the pivot axis of the second thrust reverser door angularly offset from the reference line by a second acute angle, and the reference line coincident with and perpendicular to a centerline of the pivoting door thrust reverser system, wherein the reference line is a butt line of the aircraft propulsion system;
wherein the first thrust reverser door extends circumferentially a first door angle around the centerline between circumferentially opposing sides of the first thrust reverser door, the second thrust reverser door extends circumferentially a second door angle around the centerline between circumferentially opposing sides of the second thrust reverser door, and the first door angle and the second door angle are each equal to or greater than one-hundred and thirty-five degrees; and
wherein the pivot axis of the first thrust reverser door is non-parallel with the pivot axis of the second thrust reverser door when viewed in a reference plane perpendicular to the centerline of the pivoting door thrust reverser system.
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