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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Corey D. Anderson, East Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/162 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2260/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A variable vane system for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil trunnion that extends through a vane platform such that the airfoil is rotatable with respect to the vane platform about an axis, the airfoil trunnion having an inlet configuration into the airfoil and a fixed airflow inlet mask to abut the airfoil trunnion, the fixed airflow inlet mask having a mask inlet configuration that modulates an airflow through the inlet configuration.