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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/16 (2006.01); B29C 53/42 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/16 (2013.01); B29C 53/42 (2013.01); B29L 2031/08 (2013.01); F05D 2230/26 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2250/90 (2013.01); F05D 2300/603 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a variable stator vane and a method of fabricating the variable stator vane of a gas turbine engine. The method includes providing at least one fibre sheet. The method further includes rolling the at least one fibre sheet around a mandrel to form a spindle section of the variable stator vane. An excess of material of the at least one fibre sheet remains after forming the spindle section. The method further includes using the excess of material of the at least one fibre sheet to form the at least one aerofoil section of the variable stator vane.