Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additive manufactured integrated rub-strip for attritable engine applications
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Application No.: US16221911Application Date: 2018-12-17
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Publication No.: US10954810B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Lawrence Binek , Matthew B. Kennedy , Evan Butcher , Jesse R. Boyer , Vijay Narayan Jagdale , Dmytro Mykolayovych Voytovych
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Main IPC: F01D11/12
- IPC: F01D11/12 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
A unitary rub strip comprises a casing having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; a unitary rub strip is formed integral with the casing proximate the inner surface, wherein the unitary rub strip comprises a modified structure within the casing configured to abrade responsive to an interaction with a rotating element.
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