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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Ory Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
Joseph George Rose, Mason, OH (US);
Paul Daniel Kemper, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbofan engine assembly includes a core gas turbine engine with a booster compressor having a radially outer diameter, a fan case assembly, and an outlet guide vane assembly. The outlet guide vane assembly includes a plurality of outlet guide vane segments spaced circumferentially about the core gas turbine engine. Each outlet guide vane segment of the plurality of outlet guide vane segments includes a radially inner fan hub frame flange configured to couple to the core gas turbine engine, a radially outer fan case flange configured to couple to the fan case assembly, and a plurality of outlet guide vanes extending therebetween. The radially inner diameter of the outlet guide vane assembly is smaller than the radially outer diameter of the booster compressor.