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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kishore Ramakrishnan, Rexford, NY (US);
Shourya Prakash Otta, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a low-distortion inlet assembly for reducing airflow swirl distortion entering an aft fan mounted to a fuselage of an aircraft. Further, the inlet assembly includes a plurality of structural members mounted at one or more predetermined locations around a circumference of the fan shaft of the fan. More specifically, the predetermined location(s) has a swirl distortion exceeding a predetermined threshold. Further, the inlet assembly includes at least one airflow modifying element configured within the inlet so as to reduce swirl distortion entering the fan.