Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nacelle short inlet for fan blade removal
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Application No.: US15378300Application Date: 2016-12-14
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Publication No.: US10479519B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Yuan J. Qiu , Steven H. Zysman , Robert E. Malecki , Wesley K. Lord
- 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: B64D33/02
- IPC: B64D33/02 ; F01D25/24 ; F02K3/06 ; F02C7/04 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D29/00

Abstract:
A fan assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fan including a plurality of fan blades extending radially outwardly from a fan hub to a blade tip defining a fan diameter. A nacelle surrounds the fan and defines a fan inlet upstream of the fan, relative to an airflow direction into the fan. The nacelle has a forwardmost edge defining an inlet length from the forwardmost edge to a leading edge of a fan blade. A ratio of inlet length to fan diameter is between 0.20 and 0.45. A nacelle inner surface defines a nacelle flowpath having a convex throat portion and a diffusion portion between the throat portion and the leading edge of the fan blade at a topmost portion of the nacelle. The throat portion has a minimum throat radius measured from a fan central axis greater than a blade tip radius.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170190438A1 NACELLE SHORT INLET FOR FAN BLADE REMOVAL Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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