1. A cascade assembly for installation in an aircraft nacelle, comprising:
a first cascade portion fixed to a non-movable portion of the nacelle, wherein the first cascade portion comprises a bracket; and
a second cascade portion fixed to a translating sleeve portion of the nacelle, wherein the second cascade portion comprises a catch,
wherein the bracket is configured to receive the catch, in response to the translating sleeve being in a deployed position.
2. The cascade assembly of claim 1, wherein the first cascade portion and the second cascade portion form the cascade assembly, in response to the translating sleeve being in the deployed position.
3. The cascade assembly of claim 1, wherein the deployed position is achieved, in response to the translating sleeve being moved to an aft position.
4. The cascade assembly of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises an aperture.
5. The cascade assembly of claim 4, wherein the catch is a hook.
6. The cascade assembly of claim 5, wherein the hook is receivable in the aperture.
7. The cascade assembly of claim 1, wherein the first cascade portion comprises an aft surface and the second cascade portion comprises a forward surface, and wherein the aft surface and the forward surface are aligned, in response to the translating sleeve being in the deployed position.
8. A thrust reverser system capable of being installed in an aircraft nacelle, comprising:
a cascade comprising;
a translating portion coupled to a translating sleeve of a nacelle;
a fixed portion coupled to a non-translating portion of the nacelle,
wherein the translating portion and the fixed portion operatively couple to one another, in response to the translating sleeve being in a deployed position; and
a blocker door system configured to redirect airflow in a fan duct, wherein the blocker door system is deployable, in response to the translating sleeve being in the deployed position.
9. The thrust reverser system of claim 8, wherein the translating portion comprises a first bracket.
10. The thrust reverser system of claim 9, wherein the fixed portion comprises a second bracket.
11. The thrust reverser system of claim 10, wherein the first bracket is configured to engage the second bracket, in response to the translating sleeve being in the deployed position.
12. The thrust reverser system of claim 8, wherein the translating portion comprises a bottom that defines a first plane, and wherein the fixed portion comprises a top that defines a second plane.
13. The thrust reverser system of claim 12, wherein the first plane is substantially parallel to the second plane.
14. The thrust reverser system of claim 12, wherein the first plane is out of phase with the second plane.
15. The thrust reverser system of claim 8, wherein the translating portion is stowed in the nacelle in response to the translating sleeve being in a forward position.
16. A nacelle, comprising:
a translating sleeve deployable between a stowed position and an active position;
a translating cascade comprising a first catch, wherein the translating cascade is mounted to the translating sleeve;
a fixed cascade comprising a second catch, wherein the fixed cascade is coupled to a non-moveable portion of the nacelle,
wherein the first catch engages the second catch to join the translating cascade to the fixed cascade, in response to the translating sleeve being in the active position.
17. The nacelle of claim 16, wherein the active position is the position of the translating sleeve when a thrust reverser is activated.
18. The nacelle of claim 16, wherein the first catch is a hook and the second catch is an aperture.
19. The nacelle of claim 16, wherein the translating cascade comprises a front surface and the fixed cascade comprises an aft surface, and wherein the front surface is substantially aligned with the aft surface in response to the translating sleeve being in the active position.
20. The nacelle of claim 16, further comprising a blocker door and a fan duct, wherein the blocker door is configured to divert at least a portion of the airflow in the fan duct through the translating cascade and the fixed cascade in response to the translating sleeve being in the active position.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A vehicular air conditioner comprising:
a cooling unit for cooling air and supplying the cooled air;
a heating unit for heating air and supplying the heated air;
an air mixing door for mixing the cooled air and the heated air with each other at a given mixing ratio in a mixing portion; and
a plurality of outlet ports for discharging mixed air produced in said air mixing door into respective regions in a vehicle;
wherein said plurality of outlet ports include a first outlet port for supplying said mixed air to front seats in the vehicle and a second outlet port for supplying said mixed air to a rear seat in the vehicle; and
wherein said vehicular air conditioner further comprises a first passage for guiding said mixed air from said mixing portion to said first outlet port;
a second passage communicating with said first passage, for guiding said mixed air to said second outlet port;
a refluxing path which is open into said first passage, for changing the direction of said mixed air guided to said first outlet port and guiding the mixed air to said second passage, the refluxing path being defined in a dividing rib, the dividing rib dividing the first outlet port into a center outlet and a side outlet.
2. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein said refluxing path covers a portion of said first outlet port said refluxing path extending in said first outlet port from said first passage to said second passage.
3. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein said refluxing path has a pair of walls extending along the direction in which said mixed air flows in said refluxing path.
4. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein said refluxing path has a joint wall disposed at an end thereof, said joint wall extending substantially perpendicularly to said direction in which said mixed air flows in said refluxing path, and facing said first passage, said joint wall interconnecting said pair of walls.
5. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein said refluxing wall has a width substantially perpendicular to said direction in which said mixed air flows in said refluxing path, said width being changed to adjust the amount of the mixed air supplied from said second passage to the rear seat in the vehicle.
6. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein said width of said refluxing path is greater at a position close to said second passage than that at a position close to said first passage.
7. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein said joint wall is disposed at the end of said refluxing path which is close to said first passage, for limiting the flow of said mixed air in said refluxing path.
8. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein said joint wall has a height substantially equal to or smaller than the height of said pair of walls.
9. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein said dividing member interconnects an inner end face of said first outlet port which is close to said first passage and an inner end face of said first outlet port which is close to said second passage.
10. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein said dividing member is of a U-shaped cross section which is open into said first passage, said refluxing path extending in said dividing member in the longitudinal direction of said dividing member, said dividing member having a pair of walls extending along said refluxing path.
11. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein said walls have respective heights which are different from each other.
12. A vehicular air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein said center outlet is held in fluid communication with one of said outlet ports which is positioned centrally at a front seat in the vehicle, said side outlet is held in fluid communication with one of said outlet ports which is positioned laterally of the front seat in the vehicle.