The Boeing Company
Aircraft cabin noise reduction systems and methods

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Abstract:

Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for reducing noise levels in a passenger cabin of an aircraft. In one example, an aircraft includes a wing coupled to a fuselage. The wing is configured to heat air to provide a first stream of air from a central portion of a wing segment of the wing extending between the fuselage and a first engine of an aircraft. The first stream of air is at a higher temperature than an adjacent stream of air from the wing.

Status:
Grant
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

9 May 2017

Issue date:

7 Apr 2020