Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Containment casing for an aero engine
- Patent Title (中): 航空发动机的集装箱
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Application No.: US12873650Application Date: 2010-09-01
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Publication No.: US08591172B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Kristofer John Bottome
- Applicant: Kristofer John Bottome
- Applicant Address: GB
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB
- Agency: McCormick, Paulding & Huber LLP
- Priority: GB0916823.8 20090925
- Main IPC: F01D25/24
- IPC: F01D25/24

Abstract:
A containment assembly for a turbo fan engine, has a casing arranged in use around a rotatable fan, to form a duct for the fan and a liner element disposed on an interior surface between the casing and blades of a rotatable fan. The liner element includes a body portion mounted in a recess in the casing and a wall portion arranged to form part of an inner wall of the duct. The wall portion and the body portion being attached and defining a containment cavity therebetween for containment of a detached fan blade fragment in use, wherein the wall portion has a moveable portion movable between a first configuration in which it lies substantially flush with the inner wall of the duct, and a second configuration in which it provides an opening through which a fan blade fragment can enter the containment cavity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110076132A1 CONTAINMENT CASING FOR AN AERO ENGINE Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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