US 12,441,475 B2
Gas turbine engine mounted above wing and with camber
Robert E. Malecki, Storrs, CT (US); Andrew Hahn, Yorktown, VA (US); Marc J. Muldoon, Marlborough, CT (US); Jesse M. Chandler, South Windsor, CT (US); and Joseph B. Staubach, Colchester, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farminton, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/085,184.
Prior Publication US 2022/0136440 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 27/12 (2006.01); B64C 7/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 29/06 (2006.01); B64D 29/08 (2006.01); F02C 7/06 (2006.01); F02C 7/14 (2006.01); F02C 7/20 (2006.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 27/12 (2013.01) [B64C 7/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 29/06 (2013.01); B64D 29/08 (2013.01); F02C 7/06 (2013.01); F02C 7/14 (2013.01); F02C 7/20 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01); F05D 2260/213 (2013.01); F05D 2260/4031 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas turbine engine and engine mount structure comprising:
a core engine including a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section mounted within a core engine housing;
a fan, said fan having at least one fan rotor, said compressor section having at least one compressor rotor and said turbine section having at least one turbine rotor, said at least one fan rotor, said at least one compressor rotor and said at least one turbine rotor for rotating about an axis of rotation;
an outer nacelle surrounding said fan, and being spaced from said core engine housing to define a bypass duct, said fan delivering air into said bypass duct and into said core engine housing; and
said outer nacelle being formed with camber, such that a center point of the nacelle is not formed on a straight line parallel relative to the axis of rotation, but so as to be curved, with the curve being in a first plane away from said axis of rotation in a first lateral direction, and an engine mount structure extending from said nacelle at an angle that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to said first plane, and the angle having a component in a lateral direction that is opposite to said first lateral direction.