Patent 9845769 was granted and assigned to Rohr, Inc. on December, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed herein is a blocker door for use in a thrust reverser portion of a nacelle. The blocker door includes a structural frame having a plurality of connected and crossing ribs. The blocker door also includes a front sheet positioned on an airflow side of and attached to the structural frame. The blocker door also includes at least one acoustic core positioned between the ribs of the structural frame and comprising a plastic material.