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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventors:
James A Finlayson, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, GB;
Julian M Reed, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/04 (2006.01); F01D 21/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/045 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F05D 2240/14 (2013.01); F05D 2250/283 (2013.01); F05D 2300/603 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan blade containment system is arranged to surround a fan including a plurality of fan blades in a gas turbine engine for an aircraft. The fan blade containment system includes a composite fan case arranged to surround the fan; and a metallic insert mounted on the composite fan case and including a metallic hook arranged to prevent forward debris release should all or part of a fan blade become detached from the fan.