Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Immersed core flow inlet between rotor blade and stator vane for an unducted fan gas turbine
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Application No.: US15145894Application Date: 2016-05-04
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Publication No.: US10399664B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: William Joseph Bowden , Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow , Richard David Cedar , Syed Arif Khalid , Patrick John Lonneman , Aleksander Piotr Pasieczny , Daniel Lawrence Tweedt
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Priority: PL412269 20150511
- Main IPC: B64C11/14
- IPC: B64C11/14 ; B64D33/02 ; F02C6/20 ; F02C7/05 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D9/04 ; F01D25/04 ; F01D25/24 ; F04D29/32 ; F04D29/38 ; B64D27/00

Abstract:
An unducted thrust producing system is provided that can include a rotating element having an axis of rotation about a central longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of blades attached to a spinner; a stationary element positioned aft of the rotating element; and an inlet positioned between the rotating element and the stationary element such that the inlet passes radially inward of the stationary element. The rotating element defines an annular valley positioned between a first annular crown and a second annular crown, and the inlet defines an open area positioned aft of the second annular crown.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160333734A1 IMMERSED CORE FLOW INLET BETWEEN ROTOR BLADE AND STATOR VANE FOR AN UNDUCTED FAN GAS TURBINE Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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