Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fan blade
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Application No.: US16743601Application Date: 2020-01-15
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Publication No.: US11248467B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Nicholas M Merriman
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1900961 20190124
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14

Abstract:
A fan blade comprising a tip surface configured in use to face an internal wall of a nacelle. The tip surface having a suction side edge, a pressure side edge and a chamfer such that in use the suction side edge is further than the pressure side edge from the internal wall of the nacelle. The chamfer angle of the chamfer varies along the tip surface between a leading edge of the fan blade and a trailing edge of the fan blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200240272A1 FAN BLADE Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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