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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Daniel Poick, Brampton, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A variable guide vane (VGV) assembly for a gas turbine engine, has: variable guide vanes circumferentially distributed about a central axis, the variable guide vanes rotatable about respective spanwise axes; and a unison member rollingly engageable to a casing of the gas turbine engine for rotation about the central axis, the unison member operatively connected to the variable guide vanes for rotating the variable guide vanes about the respective spanwise axes, the unison member having: a first ring extending around the central axis, a second ring spaced apart from the first ring and extending around the central axis, and connecting members connecting the first ring to the second ring.