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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bangalore, IN;

Hiranya Kumar Nath, Bangalore, IN;

Kirti Arvind Petkar, Bangalore, IN;

Viswanadha Gupta Sakala, Bangalore, IN;

Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/04 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 5/16 (2006.01); F01D 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F01D 5/10 (2013.01); F01D 5/16 (2013.01); F01D 5/28 (2013.01); F01D 21/045 (2013.01); F04D 29/324 (2013.01);
Abstract

An airfoil for gas turbine engines is generally provided. The airfoil defines a span extending between a root and a tip, the airfoil further defines a chord at each point along the span extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. Further, the airfoil includes at least one frangible airfoil portion, a residual airfoil portion adjacent to the at least one frangible airfoil portion, and one or more zones. The one or more zones may include a plurality of cavities, where at least one or more cavities of the plurality of cavities include inclusions, with the inclusions having one or more materials.


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