Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frangible airfoil
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Application No.: US14596804Application Date: 2015-01-14
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Publication No.: US09828862B2Publication Date: 2017-11-28
- Inventor: Darek Tomasz Zatorski , Ian Francis Prentice , Randy M. Vondrell , Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow , Raymond Anthony Humble
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: General Electric Company
- Agent William Scott Andes
- Main IPC: F01D21/04
- IPC: F01D21/04 ; F01D5/28 ; F01D5/14 ; F04D29/32
Abstract:
A frangible airfoil that mitigates adverse conditions associated with release of material resulting from impact damage to the composite blade is provided, the airfoil having provisions for dissipating energy, self-shredding, and predetermined release trajectory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160201503A1 FRANGIBLE AIRFOIL Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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