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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Christopher James Kroger, West Chester, OH (US);
Trevor Wayne Goerig, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tsuguji Nakano, West Chester, OH (US);
Jeffrey Donald Clements, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/04 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/542 (2013.01); F02C 7/04 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2250/51 (2013.01); F05D 2250/71 (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 including an inner wall, the inner wall of the outer nacelle including a plurality of pre-swirl contours positioned forward of the fan blades of the fan along an axial direction and extending inwardly along a radial direction.