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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:
Oct. 24, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2022
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Raghuveer Chinta, Bengaluru, IN;

Srinivas Nuthi, Bengaluru, IN;

Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);

Nicholas Joseph Kray, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F05D 2230/10 (2013.01); F05D 2230/50 (2013.01); F05D 2250/283 (2013.01); F05D 2300/612 (2013.01);
Abstract

An airfoil assembly comprising a central spar extending along the radial direction; a blade skin positioned around the central spar to define an airfoil that has a pressure side and a suction side extending in the axial direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein at least one cavity is defined between the blade skin and the central spar; and a support structure positioned at least partially within the at least one cavity. The support structure comprises: a foam; and a foam reinforcement structure embedded within the foam.


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