Invention Publication
- Patent Title: ENGINE HAVING AN OPEN FAN WITH REDUCED BOUNDARY LAYER INDUCED DISTORTION
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Application No.: US18171698Application Date: 2023-02-21
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Publication No.: US20240280051A1Publication Date: 2024-08-22
- Inventor: William Joseph Bowden , Steven B. Morris , Vicente Jerez Fidalgo
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Main IPC: F02C7/042
- IPC: F02C7/042 ; F01D25/02 ; F01D25/12

Abstract:
An engine includes a fan section having an open fan defining an axial centerline and a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of fan blades mounted to a hub and being rotatable about the axial centerline. The engine also includes a turbomachine downstream of the fan section. The turbomachine includes a core cowl that defines an engine inlet and encloses turbomachinery. Further, the engine includes an airflow diverting assembly downstream of the fan section and upstream of the engine inlet. The airflow diverting assembly includes at least one fluid passageway formed into at least a portion of the hub for diverting at least a portion of a boundary layer on a surface of the hub away from the surface of the hub to reduce distortion caused by the boundary layer in the turbomachinery.
Public/Granted literature
- US12055094B1 Engine having an open fan with reduced boundary layer induced distortion Public/Granted day:2024-08-06
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