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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Patrick E. Bailey, Plainfield, IN (US);
Samuel J. Lacombe, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Eric W. Engebretsen, Zionsville, IN (US);
Rodney D. Conrad, Zionsville, IN (US);
Matthew J. Kappes, Greenwood, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/066 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2230/642 (2013.01); F05D 2240/20 (2013.01); F05D 2260/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan assembly for use in a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a fan disk having a number of fan blades and a windage shield coupled to the fan disk to move therewith. The fan assembly supplies air for use in the engine. The windage shield rotates with the fan disk during operation of the gas turbine engine and directs air supplied by the fan blade.