Upper surface louvers for lift fans

A fan apparatus is disclosed, including a duct having an inlet opening, a fan mounted in the duct, and a plurality of louver devices positioned at the inlet opening. Each louver device has an open position and a closed position, and adjacent louver devices define a plurality of airflow channels. Eac...

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1. Verfasser: Parks, Robert William
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Zusammenfassung:A fan apparatus is disclosed, including a duct having an inlet opening, a fan mounted in the duct, and a plurality of louver devices positioned at the inlet opening. Each louver device has an open position and a closed position, and adjacent louver devices define a plurality of airflow channels. Each airflow channel has a curvature profile that changes as the louver devices move between open and closed positions.