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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Anthony R. Bifulco, Ellington, CT (US);
Damon K. Brown, Middletown, CT (US);
Nicholas Aiello, Middletown, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A spacer of a gas turbine engine is reinforced with a fiber. The fiber can be cured with a substrate to form a fiber reinforced composite material. As a gas turbine engine operates, the rotation creates forces which can deform, expand, contract or translate certain gas turbine engine components, including spacers. These forces can adversely affect gas turbine engine performance and reliability, particularly when they are either unpredictable or difficult to control. Reinforcing a spacer with a fiber may allow a lower system weight, more compact or configurable internal packaging or a high degree of reinforcement.