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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Jason Husband, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
James Glaspey, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/12 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01); F04D 29/52 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/388 (2013.01); F04D 29/526 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2240/14 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01); F05D 2250/283 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a fan blade for a gas turbine engine, the fan blade having: an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a tip, and a frangible strip connected to the blade tip and extending outwardly therefrom, the frangible strip being less resistant to plastic deformation than the fan blade tip.