Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High fan tip speed engine
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Application No.: US18307201Application Date: 2023-04-26
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Publication No.: US12085024B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Arthur William Sibbach , Brandon Wayne Miller , Christopher James Kroger , Jeffrey Donald Clements , Sean Christopher Binion , Tsuguji Nakano
- 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.
- Main IPC: F02C7/36
- IPC: F02C7/36 ; F02K3/06

Abstract:
A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan comprising a plurality of rotatable fan blades, each fan blade defining a fan tip speed; 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; and a gear box, wherein the turbomachine is operably coupled to the fan through the gear box, wherein a gear ratio of the gear box is greater than or equal to 1.2 and less than or equal to 3.0; wherein during operation of the turbofan engine at a rated speed the fan tip speed is greater than or equal to 1000 feet per second. In exemplary embodiments, during operation of the turbofan engine at the rated speed the fan pressure ratio is less than or equal to about 1.5.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230258134A1 HIGH FAN TIP SPEED ENGINE Public/Granted day:2023-08-17
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