Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02K—JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
  • F02K1/00—Plants characterised by the form or arrangement of the jet pipe or nozzle; Jet pipes or nozzles peculiar thereto
  • F02K1/54—Nozzles having means for reversing jet thrust
  • F02K1/64—Reversing fan flow
  • F02K1/70—Reversing fan flow using thrust reverser flaps or doors mounted on the fan housing
  • F02K1/72—Reversing fan flow using thrust reverser flaps or doors mounted on the fan housing the aft end of the fan housing being movable to uncover openings in the fan housing for the reversed flow
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02K—JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
  • F02K1/00—Plants characterised by the form or arrangement of the jet pipe or nozzle; Jet pipes or nozzles peculiar thereto
  • F02K1/54—Nozzles having means for reversing jet thrust
  • F02K1/76—Control or regulation of thrust reversers
  • F02K1/763—Control or regulation of thrust reversers with actuating systems or actuating devices; Arrangement of actuators for thrust reversers
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
  • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
  • F05D2270/00—Control
  • F05D2270/60—Control system actuates means
  • F05D2270/66—Mechanical actuators
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T50/00—Aeronautics or air transport
  • Y02T50/60—Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft

Definitions

• Thrust reverser for turbojet engine nacelle Thrust reverser for turbojet engine nacelle.
• the present invention relates to a thrust reverser, said grids or cascades, for a jet engine.
• An aircraft is driven by several turbojets each housed in a nacelle also housing a set of ancillary actuators related to its operation and providing various functions when the turbojet engine is in operation or stopped.
• These ancillary actuating devices comprise in particular a mechanical thrust reversal system.
• a nacelle generally has a tubular structure comprising an air inlet upstream of the turbojet engine, a median section intended to surround a fan of the turbojet engine, a downstream section housing the thrust reversal means and intended to surround the engine room. combustion of the turbojet, and is generally terminated by an ejection nozzle whose output is located downstream of the turbojet engine.
• the modern nacelles are intended to house a turbofan engine capable of generating through the blades of the rotating fan a flow of hot air (also called primary flow) from the combustion chamber of the turbojet engine, and a flow of cold air (secondary flow) flowing outside the turbojet through an annular channel, also called vein, formed between a fairing of the turbojet engine and an inner wall of the nacelle.
• the two air flows are ejected from the turbojet engine from the rear of the nacelle.
• the role of a thrust reverser is, during the landing of an aircraft, to improve the braking capacity thereof by redirecting forward at least a portion of the thrust generated by the turbojet engine.
• the inverter obstructs the annular channel of the cold air flow and directs the latter towards the front of the nacelle, thereby generating a counter-thrust which is added to the braking of the wheels of the aircraft .
• an inverter comprises movable covers movable between, on the one hand, an extended position in which they open in the nacelle a passage intended for the deflected flow, and on the other hand, a position of retraction in which they close this passage.
• These covers can perform a deflection function or simply activation other means of deflection.
• a grid inverter also known as a cascade inverter
• the reorientation of the air flow is carried out by deflection grids, the hood having a simple sliding function aimed at discover or cover these g ril.
• Complementary locking doors, also called inversion flaps, activated by the sliding of the cowling, generally allow closure of the annular channel downstream of the grids so as to optimize the reorientation of the cold air flow.
• inversion flaps are pivotally mounted, by an upstream end, on the sliding cover between a retracted position in which they provide, with said sliding cowl, aerodynamic continuity of the inner wall of the nacelle and an extended position in which, in reverse thrust situation, they at least partially close the annular channel to deflect a flow of cold air to the deflection grids discovered by sliding of the sliding cover.
• the pivoting of the inversion flaps is generally guided by rods attached to the inversion flap and at a fixed point of the internal structure delimiting the annular channel.
• the thrust reversal structure is mechanically linked by the connecting rods to the internal structure.
• the thrust reversal structure and the internal structure are not independent of one another, which complements their removal when maintenance operations on the nacelle or the turbojet engine so require, in particular for external structures of the so-called "O-duct” type, that is to say made from a single piece completely surrounding the turbojet engine unlike "C-duct” type structures comprising two half-parts joined together between them around the turbojet.
• many solutions have been proposed, including that described in the patent application FR 2 907 512 in the name of the applicant.
• a thrust reverser for a jet engine in which the sliding cover is adapted to translate by means of an actuating jack mounted on the fixed upstream structure.
• the actuating cylinder comprises a base housing a concentric drive slider to an end rod connected to the sliding cover. Both the driving slider and the end rod are movable in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the nacelle independently of one another.
• the drive slide is further connected to a downstream end of the inversion flap via a driving rod, so that a translation movement of the slide is accompanied by pivoting of the connecting rod. and therefore the inversion flap, and wherein actuating means are provided for driving the slide in translation when the sliding cover is in a translational phase downstream.
• the drive rod of the inversion flap can in particular pass through a monolithic skin called diaphragm which obstructs the passage of cold air from the annular channel to the gate when the sliding cover is in the retracted position.
• diaphragm a monolithic skin which obstructs the passage of cold air from the annular channel to the gate when the sliding cover is in the retracted position.
• the purpose of the diaphragm is to provide a tight, simple and reliable barrier at any outlet of the cold air flow through the grids in the closed position of the sliding cover.
• the seal between the annular channel in which circulates cold air flow and the outer nacelle is performed on the outer structure of the nacelle inducing additional pressure for the internal structure of the nacelle. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen this internal structure which penalizes the mass of the nacelle.
• the actuating cylinder passes through the flow reversal gate preventing installation of self-supported grids, that is to say radially fixed to each other to avoid the mounting of a carrier structure downstream of these grids.
• Such a self-supported installation would save space and gain mass.
• the end of the connecting rod being fixed on the drive slide, it interferes with the inversion grid, reducing the flow reversal efficiency and degrading the installation in the interference zone.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a thrust reverser whose inversion flaps are not attached to the internal structure, effective, simple to manufacture industrially and does not have the disadvantages mentioned above.
• the subject of the invention is a thrust reverser for a twin-turbo turbojet engine nacelle comprising: a fixed upstream structure;
• At least one reversing flap pivotally mounted by an upstream end on the sliding cover, the inversion flap or flaps being driven via a driving rod, the sliding cover being movable via at least one actuating cylinder, and the inversion flap being also connected to an actuating cylinder via at least one drive rod so that a translational motion of the actuator (s) actuation of the sliding cover and actuating cylinder of the reversing flap enable said sliding cover to pass alternately from a closed position, in which the inversion flap is in the retracted position and the sliding cover ensures the aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle covering the deflection means, to an open position in which the sliding cover opens a passage in the nacelle by discovering the deflection means and the inversion flap is in po rotated by closing a portion of an annular channel of the nacelle, characterized in that the deflection means and the actuating cylinders are arranged in two substantially parallel planes one above the other in a radial direction of the nacelle.
• the inverter of the invention makes it possible to radially separate the thrust reversal means from the actuating cylinders and the shutter inversion.
• the drive system of the cover and the inversion flap is positioned outside the envelope of the reversing means.
• Such a configuration advantageously makes it possible: to simplify the installation of the thrust reverser means and to reduce the mass of the latter by eliminating the bearing structure;
• the inverter according to the invention comprises one or more of the following optional features considered alone or according to all the possible combinations:
• the actuating cylinder of the inversion flap is an actuating jack of the sliding cover comprising a driving slide surrounding an end rod connected to the sliding cover, the driving rod being fixed on the slide so that a translational movement of the actuating cylinder in one direction is accompanied by a translation movement of the sliding cover in the same direction and a pivoting movement of the drive rod and the inverting flap;
• the actuating cylinder is configured so that the drive slider and the end rod can be moved substantially synchronized at different speeds;
• the actuating cylinder comprises a cylindrical sleeve inside which are housed the drive slide, the end rod and an intermediate body interposed between the drive slide and the end rod, each of the three bodies being mechanically engaged with the adjacent body through threading;
• Two drive rods are placed on each side of the drive slide; -
• the sliding cover further comprises a diaphragm configured to ensure the sealing of the nacelle in the closed position, said diaphragm being interposed between the plane of the deflection means and that of the actuating cylinders when the sliding cover is in the closed position so that the operation of the drive rod does not interfere with the diaphragm;
• the diaphragm comprises at the upstream end a protrusion adapted to crash on a seal mounted on the fixed upstream structure in the closed position of the sliding cover;
• the diaphragm supports at least one reinforced guide rail adapted to guide the drive slider and adapted to prevent bending of the drive slider of the actuating cylinder;
• the diaphragm comprises an indented upstream end adapted to allow the passage of at least a portion of the driving slide;
• the diaphragm comprises an apron upstream
• apron is festooned; a first sealing means is disposed between the upstream end of the diaphragm and the downstream end of the deflection means;
• a second sealing means is disposed between the apron of the diaphragm and the upstream end of the inversion flap or flaps;
• downstream end of an inversion flap substantially covers an upstream extension of the sliding cowl
• the direction of the drive rod is substantially normal to the axis of the drive slide of the actuating cylinder of the sliding cover in reverse thrust phase;
• At least one of the inversion flaps is driven by one or both adjacent inversion flaps controlled by an actuating cylinder;
• the drive of the inverted reversing flap is carried out by a transmission rod mounted at one end of the driven reversing flap and cooperating with a bracket fixed to the coaching reversing flap (s);
• the stem and the transmission rod are positioned so that they allow the overlapping of the lower ends of the inversion flaps between them.
• the stem is positioned laterally on the internal structure of the driver reversal flap on the side side of the driven side so that the connecting point of the bracket with the transmission rod is cantilever with the structure of the inversion flap trained;
• One of the axes of the transmission rod comprises a spring system;
• the driven inversion flap comprises upstream stop means adapted to abut against a complementary-shaped element in the fixed structure when said inversion flap is in the retracted position;
• the abutment means is a pin adapted to fit into a housing provided in the fixed structure;
• the driver and driven reversing flaps are capable of substantially overlapping at one of their ends, at least one end being equipped with an elastic means or a stressing means;
• the part of the inverting flap coming into contact with the elastic or stressing means comprises a surface reinforcement in the form of a panel enclosing a cellular core unit;
• a single actuating cylinder causes three inversion flaps by a securing system.
• the subject of the invention is a nacelle for a turbojet engine comprising a thrust reverser according to the invention.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic partial view in longitudinal section along a plane passing through an actuating cylinder of a thrust reverser grille according to one embodiment of the invention, the thrust reverser being in the closed position ;
• - Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 during a deployment phase of the inversion flap to close the annular flow channel;
• FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional schematic view of a gate thrust reverser according to one embodiment of the invention
• - Figure 4 and Figure 5 are schematic partial views in longitudinal section of an embodiment of an actuator cylinder used in the context of the invention in the closed position and deployed position
• - Figure 6 is a schematic partial longitudinal sectional view along a plane passing through an actuator cylinder of an inverter of the invention according to another embodiment
• FIG. 7 is a schematic partial longitudinal sectional view of a thrust reverser according to another embodiment
• FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of a gate thrust reverser according to one embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 9 is a schematic partial longitudinal sectional view of an inverter of the invention according to a variant
• FIG. 10 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a gate thrust reverser according to one embodiment of the invention.
• - Figure 1 1 is a schematic partial cross sectional view of a thrust reverser grid according to one embodiment of the invention
• - Figure 12 is a schematic partial longitudinal sectional view of an inverter of the invention of another embodiment of the invention.
• the thrust reverser 1 of FIGS. 1 to 12 is associated with a turbofan engine (not shown) and comprises an external nacelle which defines, with a concentric internal structure 11, an annular flow channel 10 allowing the passage of the flow of water. 'cold air.
• a longitudinally sliding hood 2 consists of two hemi-cylindrical parts mounted on the nacelle so as to slide along slides (not shown).
• a plurality of inversion flaps 20, distributed on the circumference of the cover 2 are each pivotally mounted, by an upstream end about an articulation axis 21, on the sliding cover 2 between a retracted position and a deployed position in which, in reverse thrust situation, they close the annular channel 10 to deflect a flow of cold air to the gate opening 4.
• a seal (not shown) may be provided on the periphery of each inverting flap 20 to isolate the flow flowing in the annular channel 10 of the flow external to the nacelle.
• the sliding cover 2 forms all or part of a downstream part of the nacelle, the inversion flaps 20 then being retracted into the sliding cover 2 which closes the opening to grids 4.
• the sliding cover 2 is moved to the downstream position and the inversion flaps 20 pivot in the closed position so as to deflect the secondary flow to the grids 4 and form an inverted flow guided by the grids 4 (see Figure 2).
• the inverting flap (s) 20 are pivotally mounted by an upstream end on the sliding cover (2) via a driving rod (30). It is also possible that the one or more reversing flaps 20 are pivotally mounted by a downstream end on the sliding cover 2 via the driving rod 30.
• the sliding cover 2 and the inversion flap (s) 20 can be movable via separate actuating cylinders, at least one of which is connected to the sliding cover 2 and another to the inverting flap (20). allows to have an opening in reverse thrust phase that can be delayed or even controlled.
• said actuating cylinders comprise a rod connected to either the sliding cover 2 or the inversion flap 20, the rod sliding in a substantially fixed slide.
• the sliding cover 2 is movable by means of at least one actuating cylinder 22 having a drive slide 24 surrounding an end rod 25 connected to the sliding cover 2.
• the connecting rod 30 is attached to said neckleaf 24 so that a movement of the actuating cylinder 22 in one direction is accompanied by a translational movement of the sliding cowl 2 in the same direction and a movement of pivoting of the drive rod 30 and the inverting flap 20.
• This allows said sliding cover 2 to pass alternately from a closed position, in which the inverting flap 20 is in the retracted position and the sliding cover 2 ensures the aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle by covering the deflection means 4, to an open position in which the sliding cover 2 opens a passage in the nacelle by discovering the deflection means 4 and the inversion flap 20 is in the rotated position by closing a portion of an annular channel of the nacelle.
• the drive slide 24 of an inversion flap (or two inversion flaps 20 placed on either side of the slider 24) is movably mounted in one or two lateral guide rails 33 for translational guidance. arranged in a structure of the sliding cowl 2.
• the drive slide 24 is connected to a downstream end of the inverting flap 20 via the driving rod 30 articulated on the inversion flap 20 around a n axis 31 and on the neck.
• driving wheel 24 about a transverse axis 26, so that a differential translational movement bringing the point 26 of the drive slider 24 into its guide rail or guides 33, relative to the driving point. 27 of the sliding cover, is accompanied by a pivoting of the connecting rod 30 and therefore of the inverting flap 20.
• the drive slide 24 is connected to an upstream end of the inverting flap 20 via the driving rod 30 so that a differential translational movement moves the point 26 away from the slide.
• training 24, in his or her guide rails 33, with respect to the driving point 27 of the sliding cover is accompanied by pivoting of the connecting rod 30 and consequently of the reversing flap 20.
• the lateral guiding rails 33 provide a force recovery that avoids a risk of buckling of the actuating cylinder 22 due to aerodynamic pressure on inversion flaps 20.
• the guide rails 33 are arranged on either side of the drive slide 24, each receiving one end, provided with a shoe or roller 32, with the transverse hinge axis 26. driving rod (s) 30 on one end of the driving slide 24.
• the drive slide 24 forms an intermediate movable section 24 of an actuating jack 22 "telescopic" disposed along a longitudinal axis of the inverter.
• This actuating jack 22 pneumatic, electric or hydraulic, comprises a tubular base 23 connected, fixed or rotated, to the nacelle external upstream (in 3) of the inverter 1.
• the base 23 houses the drive slide 24 as well as the end rod 25, both mounted independently of one another, axially sliding in the base 23 of the actuating jack 22.
• a downstream end of the terminal rod 25 is connected to the sliding cover 2 via a transverse drive axis 27 housed in a cavity of oblong shape perpendicular to the direction of movement of the cover 2, and made in a fitting 29
• This cavity makes it possible to avoid an alignment of hyperstatic points between the base 23 of the actuating cylinder 22, the pivot axis 26 at the end of the movable section 24 and the drive shaft 27. the end of the end rod 25.
• the actuating cylinder 22 is controlled so as to drive the drive slide 24 in translation in its guide rails 33 advantageously throughout the downstream translation race.
• the degree of opening of the inversion flaps 20, at the beginning of the opening phase of the sliding hoods 2, is faster than the opening of said hood 2. This has the consequence that in the beginning of the opening phase of the sliding hoods 2, the passage section through the nacelle is smaller than the section of the annular channel 10 blocked by the inversion flaps. This results in an increase in the pressure in the engine, which implies a delicate management of the turbojet engine speed in this transitional phase. The actuation of the sliding cowl 2 and the pivoting of the inversion flaps 20 must therefore take place simultaneously but at different speeds.
• the actuating cylinder 22 is configured so that the drive slide 24 and the end rod 25 can be moved substantially synchronously at different speeds, as proposed in the patent application FR 2 917 788.
• the actuating cylinder 22 according to the invention comprises a cylindrical sleeve 40 inside which are housed three concentric bodies forming rods, namely the driving slide
• Each of the three bodies 41, 24, 25 is mechanically engaged with the adjacent body through threading.
• the intermediate body 41 has an internal thread 42 engaged with a corresponding external thread 43 carried by drive slide 24, which also has an internal thread 44 engaged with a corresponding external thread 45 carried by the end rod 25.
• the intermediate body 41 is locked in translation and mounted in rotation on drive means (not shown) housed in the base 23 of the actuating cylinder.
• the drive slide 24 and the end rod 25 are in turn locked in rotation and allowed to move in translation.
• the locking in rotation can be achieved by simply fixing the intermediate body 41 and the driving slide 24 to the movable parts they are respectively intended to drive, namely, the sliding cover 2 and the inverting flap 20.
• the end rod 25 is terminated by a fixing eyelet 46 while the driving slide 24 has lateral drive shafts 47 to which drive rods 30 are attached.
• the pitch of the external threads 42, 43 may be less than the pitch of the internal threads 44, 45. It follows that the drive slide 24 will move in translation at a speed lower than that of the end rod 25. Conversely, the pitch of the external threads 42, 43 may be greater than the pitch of the internal threads 44, 45. It follows that the drive slide 24 will move in translation at a speed greater than that of the end rod 25.
• the direction in the thrust reversal phase of the drive rod 30 may be substantially normal to the axis of the drive slide 24.
• the actuating cylinder 22 is disposed substantially in a plane allowing the driving pivot of the sliding cowl 2 to be attached in a manner substantially aligned with the axis of the actuating jack 22.
• the driving pivot of the sliding cowl 2 can be located downstream of the inverting shutter 20.
• this arrangement makes it possible to place the force generated by the cold air flow on the inversion flap 20 in the axis of the rod 30.
• the latter is disposed substantially at the normal of the guiding slide 33.
• the deflection means 4 and the actuating cylinder or cylinders 22 are arranged in two substantially parallel planes one above the other in a radial direction of the nacelle.
• the sliding cowl 2 may further comprise a diaphragm 48 configured to seal the nacelle in the closed position.
• the diaphragm 48 can be integrated or attached to the hood structure 2. As shown here, the diaphragm 48 is interposed between the plane of the deflection means 4 and that of the actuating cylinders when the sliding cover 2 is in the closed position.
• the diaphragm 48 substantially covers the deflection means 4 blocking any cold air leak towards the deflection means.
• the diaphragm 48 is driven with the rest of the sliding cowl 2 downstream so as to discover an opening through which the cold air flow of the annular channel 10 reaches the deflection means 4.
• the diaphragm 48 can be positioned closer to the inner surface of the thrust reverser means 4 to reduce to a tolerable minimum, without having to resort to an additional sealing system, the cold air leaks during the inversion of the flow.
• the guiding shoe or guides 33 are supported by the diaphragm 48. According to one embodiment, at least one of these guiding slides 33 is reinforced so as to guide the driving slide 24 and to prevent flexing of the coulter. driving wheel 24 of the actuating cylinder 22.
• the diaphragm 48 comprises at the upstream end a protrusion 49 able to collapse on the seal 50 mounted on the fixed upstream structure 3 in the closed position of the sliding cover 2.
• the seal sealing 50 is thus protected from external aggression, including the presence of erosive elements during the inversion of the flow.
• the seal may be placed in a cavity upstream in the upstream structure 3.
• the inversion flap or flaps 20 have an upstream notch configured to allow the passage of the at least a portion of the drive slide 24.
• the diaphragm 48 comprises an indented upstream end adapted to allow the passage of at least part of the drive slide 24.
• the diaphragm 48 may also include an apron 51 upstream, or a notched apron to allow the passage of the drive slide 24 (see Figure 6).
• the deck 51 is of a size adapted to the shape of the portion vis-à-vis the upstream structure 3.
• the deck 51 may be of such size that the latter may be closer to the inner surface of the shutter inversion 20, in particular effleu rer the latter.
• Such a characteristic makes it possible, on the one hand, to adjust the angle of the inversion flap 20 in the thrust reversal phase and, on the other hand, to reduce the size of said inversion flap 20 as well as the aerodynamic forces on the latter.
• the deck 51 is scalloped, namely the surface of the latter has a multitude of festoons, which compensates for the curvature of the inversion flaps 20 in the deployed position. This characteristic also makes it possible to increase the thrust reversal performance by plugging potential cold air leakage surfaces in the annular channel 10.
• a first sealing means 52 is disposed between the upstream end 42 of the diaphragm and the downstream end 54 of the deflection means and a second sealing means 56 is disposed between the apron 51 of the diaphragm and the upstream end 58 of the inversion flap (s).
• the downstream end 60 of an inverting flap can substantially cover an upstream extension 62 of the sliding cowl 24, which makes it possible to ensure the continuity of aerodynamic lines and to postpone a retention of the inversion flap 20 against the surface of the movable cowl, by plating, by association of an elastic system with the mechanical drive system of the inversion flap 20.
• a spring system fixed on one of the axes of the driving rod 30 can fulfill this function.
• At least one of the driven inversion flaps 20a is driven by one or both adjacent inversion flaps 20b each controlled by an actuating cylinder 22.
• the drive is performed by a mechanical system adapted.
• the number of inversion flaps can be between three and five or more, associated with two actuating cylinders 22 per side of the nacelle.
• the coaches inversion flaps 20b are positioned in front of the inverted flap 20b inverted thrust phase.
• the general configuration of the inverted flap 20a can be substantially similar to that of the driver inversion flap 20a, or substantially identical in terms of dension, stripping and positioning of the axis of rotation.
• the driving of the inverted reversing flap 20a is carried out by a transmission rod 71 mounted at one end of the driven reversing flap 20a and cooperating with a bracket 73 fixed to the flap (s). coaches inversion 20b.
• the arrangement of the driving assembly of the inverted flap 20a allows a removal of the overlap portion of the inverting flaps 20a and 20b during the maneuvering phase thereof.
• the mechanical driving assembly formed by the stem 73 and the transmission rod 71 can be positioned in such a way that it allows the lower ends 78 and 79 of the inverting flaps 20a and 20b to overlap with each other (see FIG. 10). Such an arrangement makes it possible to obtain a longer transmission link length 71 and a larger lever arm.
• the actuating jack 22 can be off-center with respect to the driver inverting flap 20b and shifted towards the inverted flap 20a in order to balance the forces on the inverting flaps 20a and 20b and on the assembly. 'training.
• the linkage of the driven inversion flap drive assembly 20a may substantially exceed the lateral portion of a driver inverting flap 20b.
• An anti-beat system may be associated with inverting flaps 20a and 20b, said system may be active in inversion mode. It is also possible to provide an anti-spill system of the associated inverted flap 20a in case of failure to the drive assembly in the direct jet phase.
• bracket 73 laterally on the internal structure of the driver inverting flap 20b of the side adjoining the driven side 20a (see Figure 8).
• connection point of the bracket 73 with the transmission rod 71 can be positioned cantilever with the structure of the inverted flap 20a driven which improves the drive kinematics.
• the angle formed by the transmission rod 71 with the driven reversing flap 20a depends on the space available to accommodate the drive assembly in the direct jet phase.
• the inverting driver 20b and driven flaps 20a may be able to substantially overlap at one of their ends 79 and 78, at least one end being equipped with an elastic means 80 or stressing (see Figure 11 ).
• the overlap zone during the inversion of the cold air flow can undergo disruptive aerodynamic effects and undergo vibration deformation stresses which are avoided with such a configuration.
• the bearing structure of the contact element can be placed on or in the rear part of the inversion flap in front of the second.
• the portion 79 of the inversion flap coming into contact with the elastic means 80 or stressing means may comprise a surface reinforcement, in particular in the form of a panel enclosing a cellular core unit (see FIG. 11), in order to take back the efforts due to contact.
• the contact between the resilient means 80 or the stressing means and the portion 79 of the inversion flap can be achieved by friction or rolling.
• Said elastic means 80 or the stressing means can be reported as shown in Figure 11 or integrated in the structure of the inversion flap. In the case of recovery in reverse thrust mode, it is not necessary to provide lateral cutouts or fixed structure complementary to the inversion flap cuts, thus reducing the cost and increasing the acoustic surface.
• the driven inversion flap 20a may comprise a suitable upstream stop means abut against a complementary shaped element in the fixed structure when said inversion flap is in the retracted position.
• the stop means is a pin 90 adapted to fit into a housing 91 provided in the fixed structure 3 (see Figure 12).
• This stop function can also be achieved by a locking system independent of the fixed structure 3 and the driven inversion flap 20a forming part of the control logic of the inverter.
• the inverted flap 20b may further comprise an upstream stop in direct jet phase associated with an elastic system mounted in particular on the drive assembly.

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