US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 4 for "Blocker door equipped with large cavity acoustic structure" (South Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,745, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Blocker door equipped with large cavity acoustic structure" was invented by Michael J. Bailey (Summerville, S.C.), Jackie W. Wong (Seattle) and Alexandre D. Curaudeau (Mount Pleasant, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a blocker door for a thrust reversing system of an aircraft engine assembly. The blocker door has a door body having a backplate. The blocker door also includes a perforated facesheet coupled with the door body. A plurality of ribs arranged between the backplate and the facesheet define a plurality of cavities that ...