Invention Publication
- Patent Title: CONTROLLING EXCITATION LOADS ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN ROTOR AERONAUTICAL ENGINES
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Application No.: US18085112Application Date: 2022-12-20
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Publication No.: US20240051656A1Publication Date: 2024-02-15
- Inventor: Amit Zutshi , Rafal Sarba , James Ryan Reepmeyer , Stefan Joseph Cafaro , Inenhe Mohammed Khalid , Daniel Edward Mollmann , Arjan Johannes Hegeman
- Applicant: General Electric Company , General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o.
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company,General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o.
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company,General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Priority: PL 442009 2022.08.12
- Main IPC: B64C11/32
- IPC: B64C11/32 ; B64C13/24

Abstract:
An open rotor aeronautical engine may include a core engine, a plurality of unducted airfoils, and a pitch change assembly. The pitch change assembly may include an ensemble actuator assembly and a unitary actuator assembly. The ensemble actuator assembly may have one or more ensemble actuators and a unison ring that is movable by actuation of the one or more ensemble actuators to collectively change a pitch angle of the plurality of unducted airfoils. The unitary actuator assembly comprising a plurality of unitary actuators respectively coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of unducted airfoils, the plurality of unitary actuators respectively movable to change the pitch angle of the corresponding one of the plurality of unducted airfoils.
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