US Patent Issued to Rohr on May 12 for "Variable area nozzle assembly" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,672, issued on May 12, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Variable area nozzle assembly" was invented by Timothy Gormley (Bonita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable area nozzle assembly includes a fixed nozzle structure, a translating sleeve, a plurality of nozzle segments, and a plurality of segment hoop locking assemblies. The translating sleeve is movably mounted to the fixed nozzle structure. The translating sleeve is translatable along the nozzle axis within the fixed nozzle structure between and to a first axial position and a second axial position. The plurality of nozzle segments form a variable ar...