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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Milton Mills, NH (US);
Robert Francis Manning, Newburyport, MA (US);
George Joe-Kueng Chan, Salem, MA (US);
James Earl Kopriva, Wichester, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F01D 17/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 5/143 (2013.01); F01D 9/023 (2013.01); F01D 17/02 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F05D 2240/121 (2013.01); F05D 2240/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine and a method of controlling an upstream extent of a bow wave from an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side in the turbine engine. In one aspect, the method includes forming a vortex at a leading edge of the airfoil.