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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Patrick James McComb, Cromwell, CT (US);
Sean A. Whitehurst, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F01D 5/34 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F04D 29/34 (2006.01); F04D 29/66 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F04D 29/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/3007 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 5/18 (2013.01); F01D 5/34 (2013.01); F04D 29/023 (2013.01); F04D 29/321 (2013.01); F04D 29/322 (2013.01); F04D 29/325 (2013.01); F04D 29/34 (2013.01); F04D 29/666 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2260/961 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid rotor may comprise a rotor disk having a peripheral rim, a plurality of solid rotor blades extending outwardly from the rotor disk, and a plurality of hollow rotor blades extending outwardly from the rotor disk in a blade array with the plurality of solid rotor blades. In various embodiments, the plurality of solid rotor blades may be integrally coupled to the rotor disk. In various embodiments, the plurality of hollow rotor blades may be mechanically retained in the rotor disk.