Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Levered counterweight feathering system
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Application No.: US17377668Application Date: 2021-07-16
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Publication No.: US11795964B2Publication Date: 2023-10-24
- Inventor: Nicholas M. Daggett , Gert Johannes van der Merwe , Daniel Alan Niergarth , Brian Lewis Devendorf
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64C11/34
- IPC: B64C11/34 ; F04D29/34 ; F02C3/06 ; B64C11/32 ; F04D29/32 ; F04D29/36

Abstract:
A fan assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fan disk, a trunnion, a fan blade, and a counterweight assembly. The fan disk is configured to rotate about an axial centerline of the gas turbine engine when installed in the gas turbine engine. The trunnion is mounted to the fan disk and defines a slot extending through a portion of the trunnion. The fan blade defines a pitch axis and is rotatably attached to the fan disk about its pitch axis through the trunnion. The counterweight assembly includes a link arm extending to the trunnion and an engagement device mounted to the link arm that is disposed to move through the slot of the trunnion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230021280A1 LEVERED COUNTERWEIGHT FEATHERING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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