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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Gregory E. Reinhardt, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Paul Thomas Rembish, East Hampton, CT (US);
Steven L. Conner, Avon, CT (US);
Thomas B. Hyatt, Cromwell, CT (US);
Steven J. Feigleson, Falmouth, ME (US);
Carl Brian Klinetob, East Haddam, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/26 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/26 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2230/64 (2013.01); F05D 2230/642 (2013.01); F05D 2230/644 (2013.01); F05D 2260/311 (2013.01); F05D 2260/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/39 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49323 (2015.01);
Abstract
A turbofan engine structural guide vane is mounted to a forward bulkhead of a core engine case structure at an inner end and to a fan case at an outer end. A plurality of shear pins extend from the aft portion of the structural guide vane into a corresponding plurality of openings defined in the bulkhead for bearing circumferential loads.