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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Rolls-royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Kyle Klein, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael Karam, Plainfield, IN (US);
Jonathan Sands, Clayton, IN (US);
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/20 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01); F02K 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/20 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F02K 1/66 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2270/05 (2013.01); F05D 2270/07 (2013.01); F05D 2270/08 (2013.01); F05D 2270/101 (2013.01); F05D 2270/112 (2013.01); F05D 2270/333 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a fan and an engine core that includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The fan and the compressor include variable pitch geometry. The gas turbine engine further includes a control system configured to adjust the variable pitch geometry of the fan and the compressor to optimize a performance characteristic of the gas turbine engine.