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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Daniel Bernard Kupratis, Wallingford, CT (US);
Dmitriy B. Sidelkovskiy, Ellington, CT (US);
Neil Terwilliger, Meriden, CT (US);
William G. Sheridan, Southington, CT (US);
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure includes, among other possible things, a fan including a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis, a plurality of inlet guide vanes mounted forward of the plurality of fan blades, the plurality of inlet guide vanes selectively rotatable about the axis independent of the plurality of fan blades; and a motor for controlling rotation of the plurality of inlet guide vanes about the axis.