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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher James Kroger, West Chester, OH (US);

Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Trevor Wayne Goerig, Cincinnati, OH (US);

David William Crall, Loveland, OH (US);

Tsuguji Nakano, West Chester, OH (US);

Jeffrey Donald Clements, Mason, OH (US);

Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/04 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/56 (2006.01); F04D 29/68 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/04 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/542 (2013.01); F04D 29/563 (2013.01); F04D 29/681 (2013.01); F04D 29/684 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2250/182 (2013.01); F05D 2250/51 (2013.01); F05D 2260/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine and a fan rotatable by the turbomachine. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades. The gas turbine engine also includes an outer nacelle surrounding the plurality of fan blades and a plurality of part-span inlet guide vanes cantilevered from the outer nacelle at a location forward of the plurality of fan blades along the axial direction. Each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes defines an inner end along the radial direction and it is unconnected with an adjacent part-span inlet guide vane at the inner end.


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