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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Tsuguji Nakano, West Chester, OH (US);
Darek Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, Montgomery, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
There is provided apparatuses and methods for a gas turbine engine. The embodiments include a core section with a flow path. The flow path includes a stator vane array having outlet vanes. Each outlet vane has a trailing edge. A strut has a leading edge that is upstream of the trailing edges. Alternatively, the flow path includes a stator vane array having inlet vanes. Each inlet vane has a leading edge. The strut has a trailing edge that is downstream of the leading edges. There also is increased spacing between adjacent vanes and rotor blades.