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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2021
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Paul R. Adams, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Shankar S. Magge, South Windsor, CT (US);
Joseph B. Staubach, Colchester, CT (US);
Wesley K. Lord, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Frederick M. Schwarz, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Gabriel L. Suciu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A turbofan engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan including an array of fan blades rotatable about an engine axis, a compressor including a high pressure compressor section and a low pressure compressor section, the low pressure compressor section including a low pressure compressor section inlet with a low pressure compressor inlet annulus area, a fan duct including a fan duct annulus area outboard of the low pressure compressor section inlet, and a turbine having a high pressure turbine section and a low pressure turbine section driving the fan through a speed reduction mechanism, wherein the low pressure turbine section defines a maximum gas path radius and the fan blades define a maximum radius, and a ratio of the maximum gas path radius to the maximum radius of the fan blades is less than 0.6.