General Electric Company

Scott Andrew Burton

Ching-Pang Lee

Chander Prakash

David Glenn Cherry

Robert John Beacock

Joseph Machnaim

Richard David Cedar

Mustafa Dindar

Scott Michael Carson

Keith Edward James Blodgett

Craig Miller Kuhne

Keith Edward Blodgett

A turbofan exhaust nozzle includes: a conical inner shell disposed coaxially inside a surrounding outer shell to define an annular flow duct therebetween terminating in an outlet at a trailing edge of the outer shell and the inner shell terminates in a trailing edge aft of the outlet; and a pylon interrupting circumferentially the duct, wherein at least a portion of the trailing edge of the outer shell is vertically non-coplanar.

Exhaust nozzle with non-coplanar and/or non-axisymmetric shape

A turbine exhaust nozzle includes an inner shell disposed coaxially inside an outer shell to define a flow duct terminating in an outlet at a trailing edge of the outer shell. The inner shell is non-axisymmetric and varies in axial slope angle circumferentially around the duct.

Variable slope exhaust nozzle

A stator vane that may be used in engine assemblies. The stator vane includes an airfoil having a first sidewall and a second sidewall that is coupled to the first sidewall at a leading edge and at a trailing edge. The airfoil extends radially from a root portion to a tip portion. Each of the leading and trailing edges includes at least one lean directional change and a plurality of sweep directional changes that are defined between the root portion and the tip portion.

Gas turbine engines including multi-curve stator vanes and methods of assembling the same

A stator vane that may be used in an engine assembly is provided. The stator vane includes an airfoil that has a first sidewall and a second sidewall, which connects to the first sidewall at a leading edge and at a trailing edge. The airfoil also includes a root portion and a tip portion. The first and second sidewalls both extend from the root portion to the tip portion. The airfoil root portion is formed with a negative lean, and the airfoil tip portion is formed with a positive lean.

Gas turbine engines including lean stator vanes and methods of assembling the same

A turbine assembly for a gas turbine engine. The turbine assembly includes at least one stator assembly including a radially inner band and at least one stator vane that extends radially outward from the inner band. The stator vane includes an airfoil having a root portion adjacent to the inner band and a tip portion. The airfoil also includes at least one lean directional change that is defined between the root portion and the tip portion. The turbine assembly also includes at least one turbine blade assembly that includes at least one rotor blade. The blade assembly is coupled in flow communication with the stator assembly such that an axial spacing is defined therebetween. The axial spacing defined adjacent to the at least one lean directional change is wider than the axial spacing defined adjacent to the root portion.

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Scott Andrew Burton