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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Matthew B. Estes, South Windsor, CT (US);
Bryan P. Dube, Columbia, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F05D 2250/73 (2013.01);
Abstract
An asymmetric vane assembly includes a high count vane section including a first plurality of vanes oriented in a first position. The asymmetric vane assembly also includes a low count vane section including a second plurality of vanes oriented in a second position, a total number of vanes in the first plurality of vanes being greater than a total number of vanes in the second plurality of vanes, and each vane of the high count vane section and each vane of the low count vane section having substantially similar internal core geometry.