Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Airfoil with an integrally stiffened composite cover
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Application No.: US14913709Application Date: 2014-08-12
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Publication No.: US09957972B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Larry Foster
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/050614 WO 20140812
- International Announcement: WO2015/034630 WO 20150312
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F04D29/02 ; F01D15/12 ; F01D5/28 ; F04D29/32 ; B29D99/00 ; B29L31/08

Abstract:
An airfoil according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a main body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge separated in a chordwise direction and extending between a tip and a root in a spanwise direction. The main body defines a suction side and a pressure side separated in a thickness direction and a plurality of channels extending inwardly from at least one of said suction and pressure sides. A composite cover is attached to the main body. The composite cover includes a plurality of stiffeners each received within one of the channels. A cover skin is adjacent the stiffeners, and an over-wrap surrounds the stiffeners and the cover skin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160201480A1 AIRFOIL WITH AN INTEGRALLY STIFFENED COMPOSITE COVER Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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