Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Propfan engine
- Patent Title (中): Propfan发动机
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Application No.: US13359194Application Date: 2012-01-26
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Publication No.: US08967967B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Richard G. Stretton , Nicholas Howarth
- Applicant: Richard G. Stretton , Nicholas Howarth
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1102987.3 20110222
- Main IPC: F01D5/02
- IPC: F01D5/02 ; F02K3/072 ; B64C11/48 ; B64D29/00 ; B64D27/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a propfan engine comprising: one or more rotor stages comprising a plurality of rotors; and an outer wall comprising an outer profile, at least a portion of the outer profile defining a substantially circular cross-section, wherein the diameter of the substantially circular cross-section increases in the direction of flow over the outer wall and downstream of a leading edge of the rotors, and the diameter increases at substantially all points defining the circumference of the substantially circular cross-section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130343892A1 PROPFAN ENGINE Public/Granted day:2013-12-26
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