Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft engine
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Application No.: US17412759Application Date: 2021-08-26
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Publication No.: US11598214B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Benjamin Mohankumar , Mark J. Wilson , Cesare A. Hall
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Priority: GB2014015 20200907
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D33/02 ; F02K3/075 ; F02K3/06

Abstract:
An aircraft engine comprising a fan, the fan having a diameter D and including a plurality of fan blades, the fan blades having a sweep metric S, each fan blade having a leading edge, and a forward-most portion on the leading edge of each fan blade being in a first reference plane. The aircraft engine further comprises a nacelle, comprising an intake portion forward of the fan, a forward edge on the intake portion being in a second reference plane, wherein the intake portion has a length L measured along an axis of the aircraft engine between the first reference plane and the second reference plane, the aircraft engine having a cruise design point condition Mrel, wherein Mrel is between 0.4 and 0.93, and L/D is between 0.2 and 0.45.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220074308A1 AIRCRAFT ENGINE Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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