Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated stator-fan frame assembly
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Application No.: US17561422Application Date: 2021-12-23
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Publication No.: US11873738B2Publication Date: 2024-01-16
- Inventor: Kishore Ramakrishnan , Li Zheng , Nicholas J. Kray , Trevor H. Wood , Bugra H. Ertas
- 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: HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC
- Main IPC: F01D9/04
- IPC: F01D9/04 ; F01D25/24

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to implement an integrated stator-fan frame assembly. An integrated fan exit stator-fan frame strut assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fan exit stator portion having an airfoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a fan frame strut portion including a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge of the fan frame strut portion aerodynamically integrated with the trailing edge of the fan exit stator portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230203957A1 Integrated Stator-Fan Frame Assembly Public/Granted day:2023-06-29
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