Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fan blade platform seal with leading edge winglet
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Application No.: US14681557Application Date: 2015-04-08
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Publication No.: US09988920B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Royce Tatton
- 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: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: F01D11/00
- IPC: F01D11/00 ; F01D5/30 ; F02K3/06

Abstract:
A fan section for a gas turbine engine is provided. The fan section having a fan hub with a slot and a fan blade with an airfoil extending from a root to a tip, the airfoil having a leading edge and the root is received in the slot, wherein a first platform is secured to the fan hub and arranged between adjacent fan blades of the fan section, the first platform having a first platform seal including a platform seal leading edge and a base is secured to a side of the first platform and a first winglet extends from the platform seal leading edge and contacts the airfoil leading edge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160298479A1 FAN BLADE PLATFORM SEAL WITH LEADING EDGE WINGLET Public/Granted day:2016-10-13
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