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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
James R. Murdock, Tolland, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/38 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/388 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/083 (2013.01); F04D 29/329 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan for a gas turbine engine is provided. The fan having: a rotor; a hollow fan blade having a cavity, the hollow fan blade secured to the rotor; a cover covering the cavity; a platform independent of the hollow fan blade and secured to the rotor, wherein a portion of the cover is located below a peripheral edge of the platform and the peripheral edge retains the portion of the cover in a desired location.