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- Patent Title: Geometric approach to stress reduced intra-flow path shrouds for tuning modal responses in ram air turbine rotors
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Application No.: US18365118Application Date: 2023-08-03
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Publication No.: US12025026B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Richard David Conner , Ryan Cox , Josef Merki , Brian Larsen
- Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Fogg & Powers LLC
- The original application number of the division: US17089564 2020.11.04
- Main IPC: F01D5/10
- IPC: F01D5/10 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D5/03 ; F01D5/14 ; F03D1/06 ; F03D9/32

Abstract:
A ram air turbine rotor comprises at least one intra-flow path shroud structure coupled between rotor blades, along a radial position between a support disc and an outer rim. The shroud structure includes shroud sectors each coupled between a respective pair of blades. The sectors each include a first edge adjacent to leading edges of the respective pair of blades, the first edge including a first curved segment, and a second edge adjacent to trailing edges of the respective pair of blades, the second edge including a second curved segment. The curved segments are each partially defined by a respective ellipse having a semi-major axis and a semi-minor axis. The semi-major axis is a portion of a spanwise distance between the respective pair of blades. The semi-minor axis is a portion of an axial distance between the leading edge of one blade and the trailing edge of an adjacent blade.
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