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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company Polska Sp. Z O.o., Warsaw, PL;
Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Piotr Jerzy Kulinski, Warsaw, PL;
Pawel Adam Lewicki, Warsaw, PL;
Ruolong Ma, Mason, OH (US);
Wendy Wenling Lin, Montgomery, OH (US);
Patrick Keene Clements, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company Polska Sp. Z o.o., Warsaw, PL;
Abstract
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine defining a spanwise direction, a root end, a tip end, a leading edge end, and trailing edge end is provided. The airfoil includes: a body extending along the spanwise direction between the root end and the tip end, the body formed of a composite material; and a sculpted leading edge member attached to the body positioned at the leading edge end of the airfoil, the sculped leading edge member formed at least in part of a metal material and defining a non-linear patterned leading edge of the airfoil.