- Patent Title: Frangible gas turbine engine airfoil including an internal cavity
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Application No.: US16161233Application Date: 2018-10-16
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Publication No.: US11434781B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Nitesh Jain , David William Crall , Nicholas Joseph Kray , Daniel Edward Mollmann
- 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.
- Main IPC: F01D21/04
- IPC: F01D21/04 ; F01D5/14 ; F01D5/28 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
An airfoil defining a span extending between a root and a tip. The airfoil includes a frangible airfoil portion extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and extending between the tip and a fusion line along the span. The frangible airfoil portion includes a first material defining a first modulus of elasticity and further defines an internal cavity. The airfoil includes a residual airfoil portion coupled to the frangible airfoil portion extending from the fusion line to the root along the span and including a second material defining a second modulus of elasticity greater than the first modulus of elasticity. The residual airfoil portion meets the frangible airfoil portion at the fusion line.
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