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- Patent Title: Object direction mechanism for turbofan engine
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Application No.: US18455137Application Date: 2023-08-24
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Publication No.: US12085019B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Arthur William Sibbach , Brandon Wayne Miller
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- The original application number of the division: US17408786 2021.08.23
- Main IPC: F02K3/00
- IPC: F02K3/00 ; F02C6/20 ; F02C7/04 ; F02C7/05

Abstract:
A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, the turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath; a nacelle surrounding and at least partially enclosing the fan; an inlet pre-swirl feature located upstream of the plurality of fan blades, the inlet pre-swirl feature attached to or integrated into the nacelle; and a means for directing incoming objects towards an outer portion of the turbofan engine in communication with the inlet pre-swirl feature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240209777A1 Object Direction Mechanism for Turbofan Engine Public/Granted day:2024-06-27
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