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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Michael G. McCaffrey, Windsor, CT (US);
Kevin L. Rugg, Fairfield, CT (US);
Michael G. Abbott, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/282 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blade for a gas turbine engine includes composite layers that include a uni-directional layer and a fabric compliant wedge layer that are arranged adjacent to the uni-directional layer. The fabric compliant wedge layer has a reduced compressive Young's modulus compared to the uni-directional layer.