US 11,772,783 B2
Turbine engine secondary ejector system
Donald W. Lamb, Jr., North Haven, CT (US); and Patrick Ormande Bowles, Glastonbury, CT (US)
Assigned to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed by LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed on May 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/877,569.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362843 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B64C 27/10 (2023.01); B64C 27/18 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 27/10 (2013.01) [B64C 27/18 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8236 (2013.01); F05B 2260/601 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/329 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ejector member comprising:
an annular member;
a vent arranged at the annular member, the vent comprising:
an inlet at a first surface of the annular member; and
an outlet arranged radially inward from a second surface of the annular member,
wherein the outlet comprises at least three planar facets, and wherein a first of the least three planar facets coincides with and is arranged at a non-linear angle to a second of the at least three planar facets and the second of the at least three planar facets being disposed at a non-linear angle to a third of the three planar facets; and
a vane extending radially inward from the second surface of the annular member.