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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vinod Chaudhari, Bengaluru, IN;
Bhaskar Nanda Mondal, Bengaluru, IN;
Kishanjit Pal, Bengaluru, IN;
Sushilkumar Shevakari, Bengaluru, IN;
Ian F. Prentice, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
Trevor H. Wood, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kishore Ramakrishnan, Rexford, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An unducted single fan engine includes a housing having one or more fan blades coupled to the housing and configured to rotate circumferentially. The engine has one or more outlet guide vanes coupled to the housing. Each of the one or more guide vanes has a leading edge portion having a variable leading edge. The engine has one or more actuation devices coupled to each of the one or more outlet guide vanes. The one or more actuation devices are configured to control the variable leading edge of the respective outlet guide vane. The variable leading edge is controllable to vary the pitch, camber, lean angle, or sweep of the respective outlet guide vane.