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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Aspi Rustom Wadia, Evendale, OH (US);
Deepak Manohar Kamath, Evendale, OH (US);
Daniel Waslo, Lynn, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F04D 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 11/14 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/322 (2013.01); B64C 11/14 (2013.01); F01D 5/146 (2013.01); F04D 29/023 (2013.01); F04D 29/324 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2240/30 (2013.01); F05D 2300/174 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbofan engine includes a compressor rotor, a plurality of main blades circumferentially mounted on the compressor rotor, and a plurality of spinner blades circumferentially mounted on the compressor rotor. Each of the spinner blades is located forward of a leading edge of a corresponding one of the main blades. Each of the spinner blades is circumferentially offset to the corresponding one of the main blades.