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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:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Nicholas M Merriman, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/143 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F05D 2240/307 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fan blade comprising a tip surface configured in use to face an internal wall of a nacelle. The tip surface having a suction side edge, a pressure side edge and a chamfer such that in use the suction side edge is further than the pressure side edge from the internal wall of the nacelle. The chamfer angle of the chamfer varies along the tip surface between a leading edge of the fan blade and a trailing edge of the fan blade.