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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.:

US 11268526 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2014

Plated polymer fan

Applicant:

United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

James T. Roach, Vernon, CT (US);

Barry Barnett, Markham, CA;

Grant O. Cook, III, Spring, TX (US);

Charles R. Watson, Windsor, CT (US);

Shari L. Bugaj, Haddam, CT (US);

Glenn LeVasseur, Colchester, CT (US);

Wendell V. Twelves, Jr., Glastonbury, CT (US);

Christopher J. Hertel, Wethersfield, CT (US);

Colin J. Kling, Middletown, CT (US);

Matthew A. Turner, Wallingford, CT (US);

JinQuan Xu, East Greenwich, RI (US);

Steven Clarkson, Cheshire, CT (US);

Michael Caulfield, Esex, CT (US);

Assignee:

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael L Sehn

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); B32B 27/34 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B32B 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); F01D 5/26 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 19/002 (2013.01); B32B 1/00 (2013.01); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/281 (2013.01); B32B 27/285 (2013.01); B32B 27/34 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 5/26 (2013.01); F01D 5/282 (2013.01); F01D 5/286 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 25/02 (2013.01); F01D 25/24 (2013.01); F04D 29/388 (2013.01); F04D 29/541 (2013.01); B32B 2255/10 (2013.01); B32B 2255/205 (2013.01); B32B 2262/101 (2013.01); B32B 2262/103 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01); B32B 2270/00 (2013.01); B32B 2307/554 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2230/90 (2013.01); F05D 2240/00 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/30 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01); F05D 2300/10 (2013.01); F05D 2300/43 (2013.01); F05D 2300/603 (2013.01); Y02T 50/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Plated polymeric gas turbine engine parts and methods for fabricating lightweight plated polymeric gas turbine engine parts are disclosed. The parts include a polymeric substrate plated with one or more metal layers. The polymeric material of the polymeric substrate may be structurally reinforced with materials that may include carbon, metal, or glass. The polymeric substrate may also include a plurality of layers to form a composite layup structure.

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