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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kishore Ramakrishnan, Rexford, NY (US);
Li Zheng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nicholas J. Kray, West Chester, OH (US);
Trevor H. Wood, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bugra H. Ertas, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to implement an integrated stator-fan frame assembly. An integrated fan exit stator-fan frame strut assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fan exit stator portion having an airfoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a fan frame strut portion including a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge of the fan frame strut portion aerodynamically integrated with the trailing edge of the fan exit stator portion.